is an option for AxisObject that specifies how the tick labels should be oriented relative to the axis.


TickLabelOrientation
is an option for AxisObject that specifies how the tick labels should be oriented relative to the axis.
Details

- TickLabelOrientationspec uses the specification spec for all the collections of labels on the axis.
- TickLabelOrientation{spec1,…,specn} uses the specification speci for the i
collection of ticks.
- Possible settings for speci are:
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"Horizontal" do not rotate labels "Vertical" rotate labels 90° counterclockwise "Parallel" rotate labels to be parallel to the axis "Perpendicular" rotate labels to be perpendicular to the axis θ rotate labels counterclockwise from horizontal by angle
Related Guides
History
Text
Wolfram Research (2021), TickLabelOrientation, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/TickLabelOrientation.html.
CMS
Wolfram Language. 2021. "TickLabelOrientation." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/TickLabelOrientation.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (2021). TickLabelOrientation. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/TickLabelOrientation.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_ticklabelorientation, author="Wolfram Research", title="{TickLabelOrientation}", year="2021", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/TickLabelOrientation.html}", note=[Accessed: 13-August-2025]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_ticklabelorientation, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={TickLabelOrientation}, year={2021}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/TickLabelOrientation.html}, note=[Accessed: 13-August-2025]}