# 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

```js chart-editor
// <block:actions:2>
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();
    }
  },
];
// </block:actions>


// <block:setup:1>
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),
    }
  ]
};
// </block:setup>

// <block:config:0>
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',
        }
      }
    }
  },
};
// </block:config>

module.exports = {
  actions: actions,
  config: config,
};
```

## Docs
* [Line](../../charts/line.md)
* [Options](../../general/options.md)
  * [Scriptable Options](../../general/options.md#scriptable-options)
    * [Tick Context](../../general/options.md#tick)
* [Data structures (`labels`)](../../general/data-structures.md)
* [Axes Styling](../../axes/styling.md)
  * [Tick Configuration](../../axes/styling.md#tick-configuration)