Graphics

Adding Text Annotations to Graphs

You can add freeform text annotations anywhere in a MATLAB figure to help explain your data or bring attention to specific points in your data sets.

If you enable plot editing mode, you can create text annotations by clicking in an area of the graph or the figure background and entering text. You can also add text annotations from the command line, using the text or gtext command.

Using plot editing mode or gtext makes it easy to place a text annotation anywhere in a graph. Use the text command when you want to position a text annotation at a specific point in a data set.

Note    Text annotations created using the text or gtext command are anchored to the axes. Text annotations created in plot edit mode are not. If you move or resize your axes, you will have to reposition your text annotations.

Adding Axis Labels to Graphs

Creating Text Annotations with the text or gtext Command

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