MATLAB: Cannot set the tick mark direction as default

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I recently switched to 2014b MATLAB, and I can no longer set the axes tick mark direction as default. That is, I used to be able to set the tick mark direction 'outward' by
set(0,'defaultAxesTickDir','out');
However, this command does not work any more. When I plot a new figure, the tick mark direction always becomes inward. I can still correct the direction by
set(gca,'TickDir','out');
each time I plot a figure, but this is very inconvenient. Does anybody knows how to work around this problem?

Best Answer

From our development staff:
set(groot, 'defaultAxesTickDir', 'out');
set(groot,  'defaultAxesTickDirMode', 'manual');
plot(1:10)
It is important that you set these two defaults in this order to be effective.
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