In the following MWE, the lines and vertical error bars have the correct width, but not the horizontal bars. How do I set them to 'very thick'? Also, is there a way to control their length? Finally, is there a way to set the error bars to solid, while having the line being dashed?
\documentclass{article}\usepackage{pgfplots}\pgfplotsset{compat=newest}\pgfplotsset{/pgfplots/error bars/error bar style={very thick}}\pgfplotsset{ every axis plot/.append style={very thick, black},}\begin{document}\begin{tikzpicture} \begin{axis} \addplot [dashed, mark=asterisk, error bars/.cd, y dir=both, y explicit] table [x=x, y=y, y error=y-err]{% x y y-err 0 0 0.5 1 1 0.5 2 2 0.5 3 3 0.5 4 4 0.5 }; \end{axis}\end{tikzpicture}\end{document}