The problem is that all of the options are at the same level and are not intuitive. These options are only ‘obvious’ if you wrote the code or use the app every day. This is known as the “*curse of knowledge.” For casual users and especially beginners, it’s unnecessarily complex.
For example, let’s say this need to use a range of ticks equal to a different range of frames is helpful for 2% of advanced users. So, why are the options always shown? It’s not helping the other 98% – or vast majority of users.
I suggest a minor revision:
The first option should be ticks = frames. If you select ‘yes’ then all of the other fields are disabled or hidden.
If the ticks = frames = no, then you can have additional options become select-able.
“The Curse of Knowledge: when we are given knowledge, it is impossible to imagine what it’s like to LACK that knowledge.”
― Chip Heath, ‘Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die.’