Plotly.js: More control over tick text alignment

[cpsievert]

Perhaps via layout.axisid.tickalign & layout.axisid.tickvalign -- both accepting a number on a 0-1 scale? Here's an example of tickalign=1 (the default) vs tickalign=0

[bpostlethwaite]

Another use case is centering labels _between_ ticks. A request has come in to replicate this type of label positioning

[nicolaskruchten]

Basically here we just want a new ticksbetweenlabels boolean.

[alexcjohnson]

@cpsievert was talking here about how to align the tick label relative to its anchor point. I see that as a very different feature from whether the ticks and labels even have the same anchor point - which is the subject of #2601, lets continue the latter discussion over there.

[nicolaskruchten]

Ah you're right, sorry. @bpostlethwaite had tagged this issue so I just followed suit :)

[Braintelligence]

@nicolaskruchten Does the latest release allow ticksbetweenlabels for other types than category?

[etpinard]

No, tickson: 'boundaries' is only available for 'category' and 'multicategory' axes at the moment.

[emmanuelle]

The ticksbetweenlabels boolean would be really useful for heatmaps and images, in order to have ticks at the boundary between pixels.