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I found several topics about the undocumented ScaledTicks function and tried to use this. Here is the first example:

g1 = Plot[Sin[3 x] Exp[-x], {x, 0, 10}, PlotRange -> All];
g2 = Plot[Sin[3 x] Exp[1.1 x], {x, 0, 10}, PlotRange -> All];
{pr1, pr2} = (PlotRange[#][[2]] & /@ {g1, g2});
Show[{g1, g2 /. Line[x_] :> 
 Line[({#[[1]], Rescale[#[[2]], pr2, pr1]} &) /@ x]}, 
 Axes -> False, Frame -> True, 
 FrameTicks -> {{Charting`ScaledTicks["Linear"], 
   Charting`ScaledTicks[{Rescale[#, pr2, pr1] &, Rescale[#, pr1, pr2] &}]},
   {Charting`ScaledTicks["Linear"], Automatic}}]

This gives a mess of second y-axis ticks:

enter image description here

But if we use the "full" form of ScaledTicks:

Charting`ScaledTicks["Linear", {Rescale[#, pr2, pr1] &, Rescale[#, pr1, pr2] &}, "Nice"]

We see a very nice picture:

enter image description here

So, the first question: should we always use "full" form of ScaledTicks even if there is no transformation of coordinates?

The second example is about LogPlot and similar functions.

Show[{LogPlot[x, {x, 1, 100}], Plot[x Log[100]/100, {x, 1, 100}]}, 
Axes -> False, Frame -> True, 
FrameTicks -> {{Charting`ScaledTicks["Log"], 
Charting`ScaledTicks["Linear", {#/100 Log[100] &, # 100/Log[100] &}, 
"Nice"]}, {Automatic, Automatic}}]

and the result:

enter image description here

Here, I make all rescaling "by hand" for this simple case. If we change ScaledTicks to its "short" form

Charting`ScaledTicks[{#/100 Log[100] &, # 100/Log[100] &}]

The picture will be the same. So, in this example, the "short" and "full" forms of ScaledTicks are equivalent. How can we explain the difference between examples?

And the final observation. Any change from the simplest form ScaledTicks["Log"] gives errors, i.e. we can't write even ScaledTicks["Log",{#&, #&}, "Nice"].

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    $\begingroup$ Would be good to see this answered by those who are familiar. Posting to bump this. $\endgroup$ Commented Apr 5, 2020 at 5:00
  • $\begingroup$ @kglr do you have a good answer for this? I just found how to use the TicksLength option to set the major and minor tick lengths using some syntax from an answer you updated recently using this function. $\endgroup$ Commented Apr 18, 2020 at 22:47
  • $\begingroup$ Please share a link to its documentation. $\endgroup$ Commented Feb 20, 2024 at 6:23
  • $\begingroup$ Resurrecting this thread @Syed there’s no documentation for undocumented functions, as they are quite aptly named, after all. That said, you can certainly print definitions of them to see how they work and what syntax the functions have! $\endgroup$ Commented May 14 at 19:25

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