FrameTicks in BarChart

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I am finding it a strange issue. I want to make a BarChart as

BarChart[{1, 2, 3, 4}, Frame -> True, 
FrameTicks -> {{{1, 2, 3, 4}, {1, 2, 3, 4}}, {{1, 2, 3, 4}, None}}]

And i want to control FrameTicks according to my will. The strange part is, if I keep one of the axis as None then I get no error as shown below.

But if I mark all four sides of Frame using Frame ticks, it does not give me required result. Can't figure out the problem.

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Code same as shown in question.As you can see, in FrameTicks marked 3 sides of Frame, and left the fourth side as "None". If I put values for fourth side also, it does not give me out put. For example if on place of "None", I put {1,2,3,4}, I get figure with problem it gives following messages A tick style in the value of the Ticks option is not a directive. A tick specification in the value of FrameTicks should be a number or list. — zenith, Feb 13, 2015 at 11:55
BarChart[{1, 2, 3, 4}, Frame -> True, FrameTicks -> {{{1, 2, 3, 4}, {1, 2, 3, 4}}, {{1, 2, 3, 4}, {1, 2, 3, 4}}}] works for me — Kuba, Feb 13, 2015 at 11:58
What version and os are you working on? Have copied my code, maybe there is a mistake in yours? — Kuba, Feb 13, 2015 at 12:01
Its Mathematica 8.0 and Windows7. The thing is FrameTicks worked well for Plot but strangely not for BarChart — zenith, Feb 13, 2015 at 12:03

Jens · Accepted Answer · 2015-02-13 23:43:45Z

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This seems to be a bug in Mathematica version 8, and it can be fixed by specifying the FrameTicks outside of BarChart using a Show wrapper:

Show[BarChart[{1, 2, 3, 4}], Frame -> True, 
 FrameTicks -> {{{1, 2, 3, 4}, {1, 2, 3, 4}}, {{1, 2, 3, 4}, {1, 2, 3,4}}}]

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answered Feb 13, 2015 at 23:43

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