# Common tick options to all axes
Namespace: options.scales[scaleId].ticks
Name | Type | Scriptable | Default | Description |
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backdropColor | Color | Yes | 'rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.75)' | Color of label backdrops. |
backdropPadding | Padding | 2 | Padding of label backdrop. | |
callback | function | Returns the string representation of the tick value as it should be displayed on the chart. See callback. | ||
display | boolean | true | If true, show tick labels. | |
color | Color | Yes | Chart.defaults.color | Color of ticks. |
font | Font | Yes | Chart.defaults.font | See Fonts |
major | object | {} | Major ticks configuration. | |
padding | number | 3 | Sets the offset of the tick labels from the axis | |
showLabelBackdrop | boolean | Yes | true for radial scale, false otherwise | If true, draw a background behind the tick labels. |
textStrokeColor | Color | Yes | `` | The color of the stroke around the text. |
textStrokeWidth | number | Yes | 0 | Stroke width around the text. |
z | number | 0 | z-index of tick layer. Useful when ticks are drawn on chart area. Values <= 0 are drawn under datasets, > 0 on top. |