matplotlib ticks thickness

Question

Is there a way to increase the thickness and size of ticks in matplotlib without having to write a long piece of code like this:

for line in ax1.yaxis.get_ti         


        

Answer 1

You can change all matplotlib defaults using rcParams like in

import numpy as np
import matplotlib as mpl
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

# set tick width
mpl.rcParams['xtick.major.size'] = 20
mpl.rcParams['xtick.major.width'] = 4
mpl.rcParams['xtick.minor.size'] = 10
mpl.rcParams['xtick.minor.width'] = 2

x = np.linspace(0., 10.)
plt.plot(x, np.sin(x))

plt.show()