Image Processing Toolbox User's Guide

getrect

Select rectangle with mouse

Syntax

• rect = getrect(fig)
  rect = getrect(ax)
  rect = getrect(fig)
  

Description

rect = getrect(fig) lets you select a rectangle in the current axes of figure fig using the mouse. Coordinates of the rectangle are returned in X and Y.

Use the mouse to click and drag the desired rectangle. rect is a four-element vector with the form [xmin ymin width height]. To constrain the rectangle to be a square, use a shift- or right-click to begin the drag.

rect = getrect(ax) lets you select a rectangle in the axes specified by the handle ax.

See Also

getline, getpts

getrangefromclass

getsequence

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