pgfplot tick label in two lines

Question

In my MWE, I want the tick-label "Upper Middle" to appear across two line such that Upper is in the first line and Middle in the next line.

\documentclass[a4paper, 12pt]{article}
\usepackage[sfdefault]{atkinson}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
\pgfplotsset{compat=1.18}
\usepgfplotslibrary{statistics}
\begin{document}
\begin{figure}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\begin{axis}[
every y tick label/.append style={font=\scriptsize},
every x tick label/.append style={font=\scriptsize},
xmode=log,
ytick={1,2,3},
yticklabels={High, Upper \ middle, Low}, <-Make upper middle appear across two lines
%boxplot/variable width,
]
\addplot+ [
boxplot prepared={%High
lower whisker=2.3, lower quartile=6.975,
median= 14.05,
upper quartile=54.6, upper whisker=4000},
black, solid] coordinates {};
\addplot+ [
boxplot prepared={%Upper-middle
lower whisker=2.4, lower quartile=6.8,
median=104,
upper quartile=395.5, upper whisker= 800.0},
black, solid] coordinates {};
\addplot+ [
boxplot prepared={%Low
lower whisker=80, lower quartile=88,
median=96,
upper quartile=104, upper whisker=112},
black, solid] coordinates {};
\end{axis}
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{figure}
\end{document}

Also, how to make the axis numbers follow the font I am using?

As for usual TikZ nodes you need to state how the text should be aligned then. To do so here add e.g. yticklabel style={align=center}, to the axis options. — Stefan Pinnow, Nov 20 '21 at 21:14
See for example also this question: https://tex.stackexchange.com/q/623266/47927 — Jasper Habicht, Nov 20 '21 at 21:56

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 21 '21 at 03:03

\documentclass[a4paper, 12pt]{article}
\usepackage[sfdefault]{atkinson}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
\pgfplotsset{compat=1.17}
\usepgfplotslibrary{statistics}

\begin{document}
    \begin{figure}
        \begin{tikzpicture}[scale=1.5]
            \begin{axis}[
                every y tick label/.append style={font=\scriptsize},
                every x tick label/.append style={font=\scriptsize},
                xmode=log,
                ytick={1,2,3},
                y tick label style={align=right, text width=1.5cm}, % <<<--- added line
                yticklabels={High, Upper middle, Low},
                ]
                \addplot+ [
                boxplot prepared={%High
                    lower whisker=2.3, lower quartile=6.975,
                    median= 14.05,
                    upper quartile=54.6, upper whisker=4000},
                black, solid] coordinates {};

                \addplot+ [
                boxplot prepared={%Upper-middle
                    lower whisker=2.4, lower quartile=6.8,
                    median=104,
                    upper quartile=395.5, upper whisker= 800.0},
                black, solid] coordinates {};

                \addplot+ [
                boxplot prepared={%Low
                    lower whisker=80, lower quartile=88,
                    median=96,
                    upper quartile=104, upper whisker=112},
                black, solid] coordinates {};
            \end{axis}
        \end{tikzpicture}
    \end{figure}

\end{document}

pgfplot tick label in two lines

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