MATLAB Function Reference

Annotation Line Properties

You can set and query annotation object properties using the set and get functions and the Property Editor (displayed with the propertyeditor command).

Use the annotation function to create annotation objects and obtain their handles.

Annotation Line Property Descriptions

Properties You Can Modify

This section lists the properties you can modify on an annotation ellipse object.

Color of the line. A three-element RGB vector or one of the MATLAB predefined names, specifying the line color.

See the ColorSpec reference page for more information on specifying color.

Line style. This property specifies the line style. Available line styles are shown in the following table.

Specifier String	Line Style
-	Solid line (default)
--	Dashed line
:	Dotted line
-.	Dash-dot line
none	No line

The width of the line. Specify this value in points (1 point = ¹/₇₂ inch). The default LineWidth is 0.5 points.

X-coordinates of the beginning and ending points for line. Specify this property as a vector of x-axis (horizontal) values that specify the beginning and ending points of the line, units normalized to the figure.

Y-coordinates of the beginning and ending points for arrow. Specify this property as a vector of y-axis (vertical) values that specify the beginning and ending points of the line, units normalized to the figure.

Annotation Ellipse Properties

Annotation Rectangle Properties

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