# Change the appearance of grids in pgfplots

I am asking if there is a command in the pgfplots package that changes the appearance of the grid in terms of kind of the lines. What I mean is how to change the kind of lines. I have read the documentation but I could not find anything on this issue.

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@Jake I wouldn't change the color but I would have a different kind of lines like loosely dotted or dotted style –  Mazzy Jan 10 '13 at 16:43
yeah it worked!!! –  Mazzy Jan 10 '13 at 18:17

As with most of the settings in pgfplots, you can set these things globally in the preamble using \pgfplotsset

For example

• minor ticks: \pgfplotsset{minor grid style={dashed,red}}
• major ticks: \pgfplotsset{major grid style={dotted,green!50!black}}
• both minor and major ticks: \pgfplotsset{grid style={dashed,gray}}

A complete MWE follows

\documentclass{standalone}
\usepackage{pgfplots}

% grid style
\pgfplotsset{grid style={dashed,gray}}
\pgfplotsset{minor grid style={dashed,red}}
\pgfplotsset{major grid style={dotted,green!50!black}}

\begin{document}

\begin{tikzpicture}
\begin{axis}[
xtick={-4,-2,...,4},
minor xtick={-5,-3,...,5},
grid=both]