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bugs - How can I change the thickness of tick marks in BarLegend?


Bug introduced in 10.1 or earlier and persisting through 11.0.1 or later



This answer explains how to change various undocumented options for BarLegend with Method. In particular, I want to change the style of the ticks (marks and labels) in BarLegend. For example,


BarLegend[{"SunsetColors", {0, 1}}, LabelStyle -> {FontSize -> 12},

 Method -> {Frame -> False, TicksStyle -> Directive[Red, AbsoluteThickness[2]]}]

However, in Mathematica 10.2 on Linux, BarLegend refuses to change the thickness of the tick marks. Also, if I do not add the LabelStyle option then the labels don't change color? In Plot this command works,


Plot[Sin[x], {x, 0, 2 Pi},TicksStyle -> Directive[Red, AbsoluteThickness[2]]]

so I would expect that it works for BarLegend as well.


What is going on and is there a workaround to change the thickness of the tick marks? Thanks.



Answer



Somehow the AbsolutThickness you specified gets replaced by a default value of AbsoluteThickness[0.2].


This misbehavior can be corrected by replacing the incorrect value with your specification.



PlotLegends; (*preload definitions*)

Cell[BoxData[
   MakeBoxes@
      BarLegend[{"SunsetColors", {0, 1}}, LabelStyle -> {FontSize -> 12}, 
       Method -> {Frame -> False, TicksStyle -> Directive[Red, AbsoluteThickness[2]]}] /. 
     Directive[RGBColor[1, 0, 0], AbsoluteThickness[_]] -> 
      Directive[RGBColor[1, 0, 0], AbsoluteThickness[2]] // #[[1, 1]] &
   ], "Output"] // CellPrint


AbsoluteThickness[2]


For opaque ticks:


Cell[BoxData[
   MakeBoxes@
      BarLegend[{"SunsetColors", {0, 1}}, LabelStyle -> {FontSize -> 12}, 
       Method -> {Frame -> False, TicksStyle -> Directive[Red, AbsoluteThickness[2]]}] /. 
     Directive[RGBColor[1, 0, 0], AbsoluteThickness[_]] -> 
      Directive[RGBColor[1, 0, 0], AbsoluteThickness[2], Opacity[1]] // #[[1, 1]] &
   ], "Output"] // CellPrint


opaque



Correcting the BarLegend of a DensityPlot, using the syntax provided in the answer by Praan :


DensityPlot[Sin[x y], {x, 0, 1}, {y, 0, 1}, 
  PlotLegends -> 
   BarLegend[Automatic, LabelStyle -> {FontSize -> 12}, 
    Method -> {Frame -> False, TicksStyle -> Directive[Red, AbsoluteThickness[2]]}]] /. 
 Placed[barLegend_BarLegend, args__] :> 
  Placed[ToExpression[
    FrameBox @@ MakeBoxes[barLegend] /. 

      Directive[Red, AbsoluteThickness[_]] -> 
       Directive[Red, AbsoluteThickness[2], Opacity[1]]], args]

DensityPlot


The same output can be achieved by using the following LegendFunction


DensityPlot[Sin[x y], {x, 0, 1}, {y, 0, 1}, 
 PlotLegends -> 
  BarLegend[Automatic, LabelStyle -> {FontSize -> 12}, 
   Method -> {Frame -> False, 
     TicksStyle -> Directive[Red, AbsoluteThickness[2]]}, 

   LegendFunction -> (# /. 
       Directive[Red, AbsoluteThickness[_]] -> 
        Directive[Red, AbsoluteThickness[2], Opacity[1]] &)]]


With the answer by Praan and our discussion in the comments it became clear, that a wrong InterpretationFunction inside the TemplateBox created by BarLegend can cause additional problems.
Compare


MakeBoxes[
    BarLegend[{"SunsetColors", {0, 1}}, LegendMarkerSize -> 300, 
     LabelStyle -> {FontSize -> 12}, 

     Method -> {FrameStyle -> Black, AxesStyle -> None, 
       TicksStyle -> Black}]] /. 
   AbsoluteThickness[_] -> 
    AbsoluteThickness[2] /. (InterpretationFunction :> 
     f_) -> (InterpretationFunction :> (# &)) // ToExpression

corr


with


MakeBoxes[
   BarLegend[{"SunsetColors", {0, 1}}, LegendMarkerSize -> 300, 

    LabelStyle -> {FontSize -> 12}, 
    Method -> {FrameStyle -> Black, AxesStyle -> None, 
      TicksStyle -> Black}]] /. 
  AbsoluteThickness[_] -> AbsoluteThickness[2] // ToExpression

false


or just the InterpretationFunction


MakeBoxes[
    BarLegend[{"SunsetColors", {0, 1}}, LegendMarkerSize -> 300, 
     LabelStyle -> {FontSize -> 12}, 

     Method -> {FrameStyle -> Black, AxesStyle -> None, 
       TicksStyle -> Directive[Black, AbsoluteThickness[2]]}]] /. 
   AbsoluteThickness[_] -> 
    AbsoluteThickness[2] // #[[-1, 2, 1]] & // ToExpression

and the first code block in the answer by Praan.


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