# Ticks detached when using colsize!(fig.layout, Relative(...)) in Makie

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ticks-detached-when-using-colsize-fig-layout-relative-in-makie/87250>\
**Category:** Visualization\
**Tags:** plotting, makie\
**Created:** [September 14, 2022, 4:20am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ticks-detached-when-using-colsize-fig-layout-relative-in-makie/87250 "2022-09-14T04:20:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![yhchang96](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/yhchang96/32/36499_2.png) [@yhchang96](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/yhchang96)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2022, 4:20am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ticks-detached-when-using-colsize-fig-layout-relative-in-makie/87250/1 "2022-09-14T04:20:08Z")

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With the following code

```julia
CairoMakie.activate!()
set_theme!()

set_theme!(
    Axis = (
        xtickalign = 1,
        ytickalign = 1,
        xminortickalign = 1,
        yminortickalign = 1,
        xscale = log10,
        yscale = log10,
        xticksmirrored = true,
        yticksmirrored = true,
        xminorticksvisible = true,
        yminorticksvisible = true,
        xminorticks = IntervalsBetween(9),
        yminorticks = IntervalsBetween(9)
    )
)

fig = Figure()

ax1 = Axis(fig[1,1])
ax2 = Axis(fig[2,1])

rowgap!(fig.layout, Relative(0.01))

fig

```

I get the following figure:

![test_fig](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/4/f/4ffb58b6053a71c1d42ae8cccf59891c277bfb38.png)

Notice the upper xticks are detached from the axis as I adjust the row spacing using `rowgap!`. Basically I want to minimize the spacing between the two axes. How to use `rowgap!` properly so that the upper ticks stay with the axes? Or what’s the best way to adjust the margins?

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**Author:** ![jules](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/41988e/32.png) [@jules](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jules)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2022, 6:29am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ticks-detached-when-using-colsize-fig-layout-relative-in-makie/87250/2 "2022-09-14T06:29:12Z")

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That looks like a bug, I thought something similar was fixed recently… But maybe not, is this the latest version? Does it still happen on master?

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**Author:** ![yhchang96](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/yhchang96/32/36499_2.png) [@yhchang96](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/yhchang96)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2022, 7:07am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ticks-detached-when-using-colsize-fig-layout-relative-in-makie/87250/3 "2022-09-14T07:07:33Z")

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Using version 0.17.13 for `Makie.jl` and 0.8.13 for `CairoMakie.jl` according to the Manifest.toml