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Add ability to specify color and font of axis tick labels for each axis #155

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Add ability to change tick label color and size for each axis
Nov 18, 2025
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change AxisHints::tick_label_color to take an into<Color32> rather th…
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import Color32 and FontId directly, clean up method docs
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Merge branch 'main' into feat/tick-label-decoration
TommiKabelitz Nov 24, 2025
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Merge branch 'main' into feat/tick-label-decoration
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35 changes: 33 additions & 2 deletions egui_plot/src/axis.rs
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Expand Up @@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ use std::fmt::Debug;
use std::ops::RangeInclusive;
use std::sync::Arc;

use egui::Color32;
use egui::FontId;
use egui::Pos2;
use egui::Rangef;
use egui::Rect;
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -62,6 +64,8 @@ pub struct AxisHints<'a> {
pub(super) min_thickness: f32,
pub(super) placement: Placement,
pub(super) label_spacing: Rangef,
pub(super) tick_label_color: Option<Color32>,
pub(super) tick_label_font: Option<FontId>,
}

impl<'a> AxisHints<'a> {
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -89,6 +93,8 @@ impl<'a> AxisHints<'a> {
Axis::X => Rangef::new(60.0, 80.0), // labels can get pretty wide
Axis::Y => Rangef::new(20.0, 30.0), // text isn't very high
},
tick_label_color: None,
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whats the default?
maybe set it to a default which we already use

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else use Default::default()

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@TommiKabelitz TommiKabelitz Nov 24, 2025 •
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Currently the default is whatever is in ui.visuals().text_color() when the plot is actually rendered because this function

/// Determine a color from a 0-1 strength value.
pub fn color_from_strength(ui: &Ui, strength: f32) -> Color32 {
    let base_color = ui.visuals().text_color();
    base_color.gamma_multiply(strength.sqrt())
}

is called to determine the color when the plot is shown.

I am still just calling this function when color is None so the behavior is not changing. I could potentially move the default to the instantiation of AxisHints, but that would change the behavior in cases where ui.visuals().text_color() is changed between creation of the axes and showing the plot.

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works for me

tick_label_font: None,
}
}

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -157,6 +163,20 @@ impl<'a> AxisHints<'a> {
self.label_spacing = range.into();
self
}

/// Set the color of the axis tick labels.
#[inline]
pub fn tick_label_color(mut self, color: impl Into<Color32>) -> Self {
self.tick_label_color = Some(color.into());
self
}

/// Set the font of the axis tick labels.
#[inline]
pub fn tick_label_font(mut self, font: FontId) -> Self {
self.tick_label_font = Some(font);
self
}
}

#[derive(Clone)]
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -274,8 +294,19 @@ impl<'a> AxisWidget<'a> {
// Fade in labels as they get further apart:
let strength = remap_clamp(spacing_in_points, label_spacing, 0.0..=1.0);

let text_color = colors::color_from_strength(ui, strength);
let galley = painter.layout_no_wrap(text, font_id.clone(), text_color);
let text_color = if let Some(color) = self.hints.tick_label_color {
color.gamma_multiply(strength.sqrt())
} else {
super::color_from_strength(ui, strength)
};

let label_font_id = self
.hints
.tick_label_font
.clone()
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2x clones?
Is there something else possible?

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I could be mistaken, but I don't think so. Cloning FontId is pretty cheap as it is just an f32 and the FontFamily enum which is an Arc.

I think you need to clone in both cases as layout_no_wrap expects an owned FontId. When the font has not been specified we use the global one so you need to clone. When it is specified, you have to clone as we only have a reference to self and so cannot move it out of the shared reference.

The implications of changing layout_no_wrap to accept an owned value look to be significant at a glance.

.unwrap_or(font_id.clone());

let galley = painter.layout_no_wrap(text, label_font_id, text_color);
let galley_size = match axis {
Axis::X => galley.size(),
Axis::Y => galley.size() + 2.0 * SIDE_MARGIN * Vec2::X,
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