# # Tick Configuration

This sample shows how to use different tick features to control how tick labels are shown on the X axis. These features include:

- Multi-line labels
- Filtering labels
- Changing the tick color
- Changing the tick alignment for the X axis

const config = { type: 'line', data: data, options: { responsive: true, plugins: { title: { display: true, text: 'Chart with Tick Configuration' } }, scales: { x: { ticks: { // For a category axis, the val is the index so the lookup via getLabelForValue is needed callback: function(val, index) { // Hide every 2nd tick label return index % 2 === 0 ? this.getLabelForValue(val) : ''; }, color: 'red', } } } }, };

    const config = {
      type: 'line',
      data: data,
      options: {
        responsive: true,
        plugins: {
          title: {
            display: true,
            text: 'Chart with Tick Configuration'
          }
        },
        scales: {
          x: {
            ticks: {
              // For a category axis, the val is the index so the lookup via getLabelForValue is needed
              callback: function(val, index) {
                // Hide every 2nd tick label
                return index % 2 === 0 ? this.getLabelForValue(val) : '';
              },
              color: 'red',
            }
          }
        }
      },
    };

const DATA_COUNT = 12; const NUMBER_CFG = {count: DATA_COUNT, min: 0, max: 100}; const data = { labels: [['June', '2015'], 'July', 'August', 'September', 'October', 'November', 'December', ['January', '2016'], 'February', 'March', 'April', 'May'], datasets: [ { label: 'Dataset 1', data: Utils.numbers(NUMBER_CFG), fill: false, borderColor: Utils.CHART_COLORS.red, backgroundColor: Utils.transparentize(Utils.CHART_COLORS.red, 0.5), }, { label: 'Dataset 2', data: Utils.numbers(NUMBER_CFG), fill: false, borderColor: Utils.CHART_COLORS.blue, backgroundColor: Utils.transparentize(Utils.CHART_COLORS.blue, 0.5), } ] };

    const DATA_COUNT = 12;
    const NUMBER_CFG = {count: DATA_COUNT, min: 0, max: 100};
    const data = {
      labels: [['June', '2015'], 'July', 'August', 'September', 'October', 'November', 'December', ['January', '2016'], 'February', 'March', 'April', 'May'],
      datasets: [
        {
          label: 'Dataset 1',
          data: Utils.numbers(NUMBER_CFG),
          fill: false,
          borderColor: Utils.CHART_COLORS.red,
          backgroundColor: Utils.transparentize(Utils.CHART_COLORS.red, 0.5),
        },
        {
          label: 'Dataset 2',
          data: Utils.numbers(NUMBER_CFG),
          fill: false,
          borderColor: Utils.CHART_COLORS.blue,
          backgroundColor: Utils.transparentize(Utils.CHART_COLORS.blue, 0.5),
        }
      ]
    };

const actions = [ { name: 'Alignment: start', handler(chart) { chart.options.scales.x.ticks.align = 'start'; chart.update(); } }, { name: 'Alignment: center (default)', handler(chart) { chart.options.scales.x.ticks.align = 'center'; chart.update(); } }, { name: 'Alignment: end', handler(chart) { chart.options.scales.x.ticks.align = 'end'; chart.update(); } }, ];

    const actions = [
      {
        name: 'Alignment: start',
        handler(chart) {
          chart.options.scales.x.ticks.align = 'start';
          chart.update();
        }
      },
      {
        name: 'Alignment: center (default)',
        handler(chart) {
          chart.options.scales.x.ticks.align = 'center';
          chart.update();
        }
      },
      {
        name: 'Alignment: end',
        handler(chart) {
          chart.options.scales.x.ticks.align = 'end';
          chart.update();
        }
      },
    ];

## # Docs

- Line
- Options
  - Scriptable Options
    - Tick Context
- Data structures (`labels`)
- Axes Styling
  - Tick Configuration