### # Common tick options to all cartesian axes

Namespace: `options.scales[scaleId].ticks`

Name | Type | Default | Description
--- | --- | --- | ---
`align` | `string` | `'center'` | The tick alignment along the axis. Can be `'start'`, `'center'`, `'end'`, or `'inner'`. `inner` alignment means align `start` for first tick and `end` for the last tick of horizontal axis
`crossAlign` | `string` | `'near'` | The tick alignment perpendicular to the axis. Can be `'near'`, `'center'`, or `'far'`. See Tick Alignment
`sampleSize` | `number` | `ticks.length` | The number of ticks to examine when deciding how many labels will fit. Setting a smaller value will be faster, but may be less accurate when there is large variability in label length.
`autoSkip` | `boolean` | `true` | If true, automatically calculates how many labels can be shown and hides labels accordingly. Labels will be rotated up to `maxRotation` before skipping any. Turn `autoSkip` off to show all labels no matter what.
`autoSkipPadding` | `number` | `3` | Padding between the ticks on the horizontal axis when `autoSkip` is enabled.
`includeBounds` | `boolean` | `true` | Should the defined `min` and `max` values be presented as ticks even if they are not "nice".
`labelOffset` | `number` | `0` | Distance in pixels to offset the label from the centre point of the tick (in the x-direction for the x-axis, and the y-direction for the y-axis). Note: this can cause labels at the edges to be cropped by the edge of the canvas
`maxRotation` | `number` | `50` | Maximum rotation for tick labels when rotating to condense labels. Note: Rotation doesn't occur until necessary. Note: Only applicable to horizontal scales.
`minRotation` | `number` | `0` | Minimum rotation for tick labels. Note: Only applicable to horizontal scales.
`mirror` | `boolean` | `false` | Flips tick labels around axis, displaying the labels inside the chart instead of outside. Note: Only applicable to vertical scales.
`padding` | `number` | `0` | Padding between the tick label and the axis. When set on a vertical axis, this applies in the horizontal (X) direction. When set on a horizontal axis, this applies in the vertical (Y) direction.
`maxTicksLimit` | `number` | `11` | Maximum number of ticks and gridlines to show.