# pgfplots other tick labels than symbolic coords

\documentclass{scrartcl}

\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{pgfplots}

\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\begin{axis}[
symbolic y coords={A},
ytick={A}, % I want to have B here
]
(1,{A})
};
\end{axis}
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}


I want to have the tick label say B as a first step. Entering B in the indicated spot throws:

Package pgfplots Error: Sorry, the input coordinate B' has not been defined mething like [normalized]B?. ]


If this is possible I want (as the second step) that the label says B with a nice circle around it which I draw elsewhere in my document with the macro:

\newcommand*\circled[1]{\tikz[baseline=(char.base)]{
\node[shape=circle,draw,inner sep=1pt,font=\footnotesize] (char) {#1};}}


Typing ytick={\circled{B}} causes pdfLaTeX to hang.

• yticklabel and ytick are different things – percusse Mar 26 '16 at 19:02

Answering my own question here thanks to the hint given by @percusse. One needs to specify symbolic y coords, ytick and yticklabels. Not sure why though.

\documentclass{scrartcl}

\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{pgfplots}

\newcommand*\circled[1]{\tikz[baseline=(char.base)]{
\node[shape=circle,draw,inner sep=1pt,font=\footnotesize] (char) {#1};}}

\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\begin{axis}[
symbolic y coords={{A},{C}},
ytick={A,C},
yticklabels={\circled{B1},\circled{B2}},
]
`