Modify code for tick marks to be on the outside?

Hi all,

I copied and pasted this code...I just need a slight modification to get the tick marks to appear on the outside and not on the side of the graph. It is currently set to only have the tick marks on the bottom (x axis) and the left (y axis). I.e. not at the right and at the top.

axis([0,1200,0,70])

    % get handle to current axes
    a = gca;
    % set box property to off and remove background color
    set(a,'box','off','color','none')
    % create new, empty axes with box but without ticks
    b = axes('Position',get(a,'Position'),'box','on','xtick',[],'ytick',[]);
    % set original axes as active
    axes(a)
    % link axes in case of zooming
    linkaxes([a b])

Many thanks.

J

Answer 1

[William Frane]

Tick direction is controlled using the TickDir property.

set(gca,'TickDir','out'); % The only other option is 'in'

For reference, a complete list of axes properties is available here.

Hope that helps.

[Claudio Ignacio Fernandez]

Hello, is any way to set the ticks only in the left Y axe and the low X axe?

Because I need them out, but now I have ticks around all the box and some of them are touching the title area.

[James Niemeyer]

You can use the text() function to make a title in a better location for your plot. Or maybe you could use

 box off

which will just leave the left and bottom axes (only if you don't need the full box)

[银雀Sparr0w]

No, there is one more option that is 'both'. Actually after R2021b we've got another one 'none'.

[Paul Wintz]

The link to Axes Properties is broken. Here's a new link: Axes Properties.

Answer 2

[Jai]

Thank you for your help. It worked perfectly!