Multiple Special Ticks and Other Tick Label Improvements

Sample OPJ to download to try: Multi breaks and Other Axis Related.opj

Multi-Special Tick Labels

(ORG-7883, ORG-1677)

How to:

  1. Double click the axis you want to add special ticks on to open Axis Dialog.
  2. Go to Special Tick Labels node in left panel, choose the # of special ticks you want to put on the axis (up to 10 ticks each axis).
  3. Modify each tick's position by At Axis Value.
  4. If choose the dragdown list of a special tick to be Manual, you can specify the label you want to show on the tick.


Note:

  • Special ticks in bottom-X or left-Y axis will also trigger grid lines.



Major and Minor Ticks by Space Separated Numbers

On Scale tab, choose Major Ticks or Minor Ticks to be By Dataset, user can type space separated numbers as major/minor ticks.

layer.x.ticksbydata$="10,12,20 28"; //LT script to set major ticks
layer.x.mticksbydata$="11,15,23"; //LT scirpt to set minor ticks

Tick Labels on Minor Tick Indices Only

In 9.1, user can show tick labels on specified minor tick indices. This is especially useful for log10 scale axis.

E.g. On log10, major ticks are at 1, 10, 100, etc., by default we show 8 minor ticks. User can set Minor Tick Indices to be 2 5 so 2, 5, 20, 50, etc. tick labels will show for 2nd and 5th minor tick indices.

Major Ticks by Column Label Row

Tick Labels by Column Label Row