### # Common options to all axes

Namespace: `options.scales[scaleId]`

Name | Type | Default | Description
--- | --- | --- | ---
`type` | `string` |  | Type of scale being employed. Custom scales can be created and registered with a string key. This allows changing the type of an axis for a chart.
`alignToPixels` | `boolean` | `false` | Align pixel values to device pixels.
`backgroundColor` | `Color` |  | Background color of the scale area.
`display` | `boolean`|`string` | `true` | Controls the axis global visibility (visible when `true`, hidden when `false`). When `display: 'auto'`, the axis is visible only if at least one associated dataset is visible.
`grid` | `object` |  | Grid line configuration. more...
`min` | `number` |  | User defined minimum number for the scale, overrides minimum value from data. more...
`max` | `number` |  | User defined maximum number for the scale, overrides maximum value from data. more...
`reverse` | `boolean` | `false` | Reverse the scale.
`stacked` | `boolean`|`string` | `false` | Should the data be stacked. more...
`suggestedMax` | `number` |  | Adjustment used when calculating the maximum data value. more...
`suggestedMin` | `number` |  | Adjustment used when calculating the minimum data value. more...
`ticks` | `object` |  | Tick configuration. more...
`weight` | `number` | `0` | The weight used to sort the axis. Higher weights are further away from the chart area.