FrameStyle
Details

- FrameStyle->style specifies that all edges of the frame are to be generated with the specified style or graphics directive.
- FrameStyle->{{left,right},{bottom,top}} specifies that different sides of a graphics frame should be drawn with different styles.
- Styles can be specified using graphics directives such as Thick, Red, Dashed as well as Thickness, Dashing, and combinations given by Directive.
- The default style of frames is normally specified by the option DefaultFrameStyle.
Examples
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Scope (4)
Properties & Relations (3)
FrameStyle affects frame, frame ticks, and frame tick labels:
LabelStyle offers overall style of all the label-like elements, including frame tick labels:
FrameStyle can be used together with LabelStyle and has higher priority:
FrameTicksStyle affects frame ticks and frame tick labels, but nothing else:
FrameStyle can be used together with FrameTicksStyle, but has lower priority:
Related Guides
History
Introduced in 1991 (2.0) | Updated in 2007 (6.0) ▪ 2008 (7.0)
Text
Wolfram Research (1991), FrameStyle, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/FrameStyle.html (updated 2008).
CMS
Wolfram Language. 1991. "FrameStyle." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. Last Modified 2008. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/FrameStyle.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (1991). FrameStyle. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/FrameStyle.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_framestyle, author="Wolfram Research", title="{FrameStyle}", year="2008", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/FrameStyle.html}", note=[Accessed: 06-August-2025]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_framestyle, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={FrameStyle}, year={2008}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/FrameStyle.html}, note=[Accessed: 06-August-2025]}