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diff --git a/‎src/plots/cartesian/axis_defaults.js
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diff --git a/‎test/image/baselines/finance_multicategory.png
312 Bytes b/‎test/image/baselines/finance_multicategory.png
312 Bytes
diff --git a/‎test/image/baselines/multicategory_histograms.png
-99 Bytes b/‎test/image/baselines/multicategory_histograms.png
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diff --git a/‎test/image/mocks/multicategory.json
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diff --git a/‎test/image/mocks/multicategory2.json
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@@ -90,14 +90,18 @@ module.exports = function handleAxisDefaults(containerIn, containerOut, coerce,
 
     if(options.automargin) coerce('automargin');
 
+    var isMultiCategory = containerOut.type === 'multicategory';
+
     if(!options.noTickson &&
-        (containerOut.type === 'category' || containerOut.type === 'multicategory') &&
+        (containerOut.type === 'category' || isMultiCategory) &&
         (containerOut.ticks || containerOut.showgrid)
     ) {
-        coerce('tickson');
+        var ticksonDflt;
+        if(isMultiCategory) ticksonDflt = 'boundaries';
+        coerce('tickson', ticksonDflt);
     }
 
-    if(containerOut.type === 'multicategory') {
+    if(isMultiCategory) {
         var showDividers = coerce('showdividers');
         if(showDividers) {
             coerce('dividercolor');
 
@@ -21,8 +21,7 @@
     "xaxis": {
       "title": "MULTI-CATEGORY",
       "tickfont": {"size": 16},
-      "ticks": "outside",
-      "tickson": "boundaries"
+      "ticks": "outside"
     }
   }
 }
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@
     "xaxis": {
       "title": "MULTI-CATEGORY ON TOP",
       "side": "top",
-      "automargin": true
+      "automargin": true,
+      "tickson": "labels"
     },
     "showlegend": false,
     "width": 400,
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`@@ -21,8 +21,7 @@`
`21`	`21`	`"xaxis": {`
`22`	`22`	`"title": "MULTI-CATEGORY",`
`23`	`23`	`"tickfont": {"size": 16},`
`24`		`- "ticks": "outside",`
`25`		`- "tickson": "boundaries"`
	`24`	`+ "ticks": "outside"`
`26`	`25`	`}`
`27`	`26`	`}`
`28`	`27`	`}`