# Common options to all axes
Namespace: options.scales[scaleId]
Name | Type | Default | Description |
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type | string | Type of scale being employed. Custom scales can be created and registered with a string key. This allows changing the type of an axis for a chart. | |
alignToPixels | boolean | false | Align pixel values to device pixels. |
backgroundColor | Color | Background color of the scale area. | |
display | boolean |string | true | Controls the axis global visibility (visible when true , hidden when false ). When display: 'auto' , the axis is visible only if at least one associated dataset is visible. |
grid | object | Grid line configuration. more... | |
min | number | User defined minimum number for the scale, overrides minimum value from data. more... | |
max | number | User defined maximum number for the scale, overrides maximum value from data. more... | |
reverse | boolean | false | Reverse the scale. |
stacked | boolean |string | false | Should the data be stacked. more... |
suggestedMax | number | Adjustment used when calculating the maximum data value. more... | |
suggestedMin | number | Adjustment used when calculating the minimum data value. more... | |
ticks | object | Tick configuration. more... | |
weight | number | 0 | The weight used to sort the axis. Higher weights are further away from the chart area. |