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### Common tick options to all axes
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Namespace: `options.scales[scaleId].ticks`
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| Name | Type | Scriptable | Default | Description
| ---- | ---- | :-------------------------------: | ------- | -----------
| `callback` | `function` | | | Returns the string representation of the tick value as it should be displayed on the chart. See [callback ](../axes/labelling.md#creating-custom-tick-formats ).
| `display` | `boolean` | | `true` | If true, show tick labels.
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| `color` | [`Color` ](../general/colors.md ) | Yes | `Chart.defaults.color` | Color of ticks.
| `font` | `Font` | Yes | `Chart.defaults.font` | See [Fonts ](../general/fonts.md )
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| `major` | `object` | | `{}` | [Major ticks configuration ](./styling.md#major-tick-configuration ).
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| `padding` | `number` | | `3` | Sets the offset of the tick labels from the axis
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| `textStrokeColor` | [`Color` ](../general/colors.md ) | Yes | `` | The color of the stroke around the text.
| `textStrokeWidth` | `number` | Yes | `0` | Stroke width around the text.
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| `z` | `number` | | `0` | z-index of tick layer. Useful when ticks are drawn on chart area. Values < = 0 are drawn under datasets, > 0 on top.