Graphics

Using Plot Edit Mode

The MATLAB figure window supports a point-and-click editing mode that you can use to customize the appearance of your graph. This section describes how to start plot edit mode and perform basic editing tasks, including

• Selecting Objects in a Graph
• Cutting, Copying, and Pasting Objects
• Moving and Resizing Objects
• Setting Object Properties
• Saving Your Work

Starting Plot Edit Mode

Before you can select objects in a figure by clicking on them, you must activate plot editing mode. There are several ways to activate plot edit mode:

• Choose the Edit Plot option on the figure window Tools menu.
• Click the selection button in the figure window toolbar.

  

• Choose an option from the Edit or Insert menu. For example, if you choose the Axes Properties option on the Edit menu, MATLAB activates plot edit mode and the axes appear selected.
• Run the plotedit command in the MATLAB Command Window.
• Start the plotting tools with the plottools command.

When a figure window is in plot edit mode, the Edit Plot option on the Tools menu is checked and the selection button in the toolbar is depressed.

Exiting Plot Edit Mode

To exit plot edit mode, click the selection button or click the Edit Plot option on the Tools menu. When plot edit mode is turned off, the selection button is no longer depressed.

Editing Plots

Selecting Objects in a Graph

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