Graphics Object Properties

Root Properties

Property Name

Description/Values

children

A vector of figure handles, which are children of the root.

currentfigure

The handle of the current figure.

handle

The handle of the root, which is 0.

0

handlevisibility

If set to 'off' then this object is not listed in its parent 'children' value.

'on' | 'off'

parent

The parent handle; null for the root object.

0

screendepth

The color depth of the screen. Read-only.

Integer

screenpixelsperinch

The number of pixels per inch of the screen. Read-only.

Double

screensize

The size (resolution) of the screen. Read-only.

[1 1 width height]

showhiddenhandles

If set to 'on' then all objects in the hierarchy are listed in their parents' 'children' value regardless of their 'handlevisibility' value.

'off' | 'on'

tag

A tag attached to the root object.

String

type

The type of the root object.

'root'

units

Units of measurement.

'pixels' | 'normalized'

Figure Properties

Property Name

Description/Values

bottomlabel

Handle of the label that is placed on the bottom area of the figure.

Note: Use the set command to set the contents of the label.

string | cell

children

A vector of axes handles, which are the children of the figure.

color

The background color of the figure.

1*3 matrix of RGB | colorname

createfcn

Function triggered when the figure object is created.

Function handle, string, or cell specifying function name and arguments.

currentaxes

Handle of the current axes of the figure.

currentpoint

The position of the mouse in pixels. The value is updated on mouse click before the 'windowbuttondownfcn' and 'windowbuttonupfcn' are called. 'Currentpoint' is also updated on mouse move if the 'windowbuttonmotionfcn' is set.

[x, y]

deletefcn

Function triggered when the figure object is deleted.

Function handle, string, or cell specifying function name and arguments.

filename

The '.fig' file that was used to create the figure.

String

handle

Handle of the figure object.

Integer.

handlevisibility

If set to 'off' then this object is not listed in its parent 'children' value.

'on' | 'off'

interruptible

Determines if a callback associated with this figure is interruptible by the user or not.

'off' | 'on'

keypressfcn

Function triggered when there is a key press event on the figure object. The function is triggered only if the figure has focus.

Function handle, string, or cell specifying function name and arguments.

keyreleasefcn

Function triggered when there is a key release event on the figure object. The function is triggered only if the figure has focus.

Function handle, string, or cell specifying function name and arguments.

leftlabel

Handle of the label that is placed on the left area of the figure.

Note: Use the set command to set the contents of the label.

string | cell

name

Name of the figure.

String

parent

Parent handle, which is always 0 (root).

0

position

Location and size of the figure.

The location is specified by the upper-left point, and the size is specified by the width and height.

Note: This property is only valid for floating figure. If you change this property for a docked figure, there will be no effect, but after undocking the figure, the size/position will be updated accordingly.

[left top width height]

resize

Enable or disable the resizing of the figure window when the figure is undocked. If resize is set to 'off', the figure can still be resized by setting the 'position' property.

'on' | 'off'

rightlabel

Handle of the label that is placed on the right area of the figure.

Note: Use the set command to set the contents of the label.

string | cell

sizechangedfcn

Function triggered when the figure window is resized.

Function handle, string, or cell specifying function name and arguments.

toplabel

Handle of the label that is placed on the top area of the figure.

Note: Use the set command to set the contents of the label.

string | cell

tag

A tag attached to the figure object.

String

type

Type of figure object.

'figure'

units

Units of measurement.

'pixels' | 'normalized'

uicontextmenu

Handle of the uicontextmenu object associated with this figure, if it exists.

visible

Visibility of the figure.

'on' | 'off'

windowicon

Path to an image file that is shown at the top-left corner of the figure window. Supported file types are: .ico, .jpg, .jpeg, .png.

Note: The icon will be visible only if the figure is undocked.

String

windowbuttondownfcn

Function triggered when there is a mouse button press event on the figure object.

Function handle, string, or cell specifying function name and arguments.

windowbuttonmotionfcn

Function triggered when the mouse is moving inside the figure area.

Function handle, string, or cell specifying function name and arguments.

windowbuttonupfcn

Function triggered when there is a mouse button release event on the figure object.

Function handle, string, or cell specifying function name and arguments.

windowkeypressfcn

Function triggered when there is a key press event on the figure object. The function is triggered if the figure or its children have focus.

Function handle, string, or cell specifying function name and arguments.

windowkeyreleasefcn

Function triggered when there is a key release event on the figure object. The function is triggered if the figure or its children have focus.

Function handle, string, or cell specifying function name and arguments.

windowscrollwheelfcn

Function triggered when there is a mouse wheel event on the figure object.

Function handle, string, or cell specifying function name and arguments.

windowstyle

Display style of the figure window.

Note: The 'modal' option will undock the figure window and bring it to the front. Interaction with other windows of the application will be blocked until the figure is closed.

'docked' | 'undocked' | 'modal'

Axes Properties

Property Name

Description/Values

bargap (2D bar plot only)

Gap between bars.

Integer

barlabels (2D bar chart plot only)

Show the value over each bar.

'off' | 'on'

barlabelsfontangle (2D bar chart plot only)

Font angle for the bar labels.

'regular' | 'italic'

barlabelsfontname (2D bar chart plot only)

Font name for the bar labels.

Any available font from the system.

barlabelsfontsize (2D bar chart plot only)

Font size for the bar labels.

Integer

barlabelsfontweight (2D bar chart plot only)

Font weight for the bar labels.

'normal' | 'bold'

barorientation (2D bar chart plot only)

Orientation of the bars.

'horizontal' | 'vertical'

children

A vector of handles, which are the children of the axes.

clim

Range of the colorbar.

2-element vector

color

Background color of the axes.

1*3 matrix of RGB | colorname

colorbar

Handle of the colorbar object.

Double

colorbarscale

Scale of the colorbar values.

'linear' | 'log' | 'db10' | 'db20'

colorlevels

The colorbar values.

Note: The set command for this property accepts either an integer or a real vector. Use a real vector to set custom values to the colorbar. Use an integer to define the number of colors in the colorbar. In this case, the range and values of the colorbar are automatically calculated.

Integer or real vector.

contourtype

Type of contour.

'blended' | 'discrete' | 'none'

fontangle

Font angle of the axes.

'regular' | 'italic'

fontname

Axes font name.

Any available font from the system.

fontsize

Font size of the axes.

Integer

fontweight

Font weight of the axes.

'normal' | 'bold'

framecolor

Frame color.

1*3 matrix of RGB.

gridcolor

Grid line color.

1*3 matrix of RGB.

handle

Handle of the axes object.

Double

handlevisibility

If set to 'off' then this object is not listed in its parent 'children' value.

'on' | 'off'

mouseclickcallback

Callback function triggered by a mouse click on a 2D plot.

Function handle

parent

Handle of the parent figure.

plottiptotail (polar plot only)

Enable creation of a tip-to-tail curve.

'off' | 'on'

polarmethod (polar plot only)

The polar method of the plot.

'phasevsmag' | 'vector' | 'radar'

position

Location and size of the axes in the figure.

Location is specified by the upper-left point; size is specified by the width and height

[left top width height]

title

Handle of the title, which is a text object.

tag

A tag attached to the axes object.

String

type

Type of axes object.

'axes'

units

Units of measurement.

'normalized' | 'pixels'

visible

Visibility of the axes.

'on' | 'off'

xaxislocation

X axis location.

'bottom' | 'top'

xcategories (bar chart plots only)

Labels for the x category axis of a bar plot.

Cell

xcolor

Color of the x axis.

1*3 matrix of RGB | colorname

xdb10reference (2D plots only)

Reference value for the x axis dB10 scale. Data values are scaled using the formula: value = 10*log10(original_value/reference)

Scalar

xdb20reference (2D plots only)

Reference value for the x axis dB20 scale. Data values are scaled using the formula: value = 20*log10(original_value/reference)

Scalar

xdir (2D plots only)

X axis direction.

'normal' | 'reverse'

xfontangle

Font angle of the x axis tick labels.

'regular' | 'italic'

xfontname

Font name of the x axis tick labels.

Any available font from the system.

xfontsize

Font size of the x axis tick labels.

Integer

xfontweight

Font weight of the x axis tick labels.

'normal' | 'bold'

xgrid

Status of the x axis grid lines.

'off' | 'on'

xlabel

Handle of the label of the x axis, which is a text object.

xlim

X axis limits.

2-element vector

xminorgrid

Status of the x axis minor grid lines.

'off' | 'on'

xminortick

Number of ticks on the x minor axis.

Integer

xnumericformat

Displays the format of the x axis values.

'auto' | 'fixed' | 'scientific'

xnumericprecision

Number of digits following the decimal point of the x axis values.

Integer

xscale

Scale of the x axis.

'linear' | 'log' | 'db10' | 'db20'

xtick

Number of ticks on the x axis or vector of tick values to display on the x axis. Custom tick values can be set only on the linear axis of 2D plots.

Note: If the axis scale is logarithmic, decibels, or dB10, this property refers to ticks per decade. The accepted values are:

• 0, 1, 2, 5, 9 or 18 for logarithmic.
• 0, 1, 2, 4, 10 or 20 for decibels.
• 0, 1, 2, 4 or 10 for dB10.

Integer | Vector

xticklabel

Labels of the x axis ticks.

Note: The labels are set on the custom ticks that are specified by the xtick property.

Cell of strings

xtickmethod

The method for calculating the number of ticks on the x axis.

'increment' | 'ticks'

xvisible

Specifies if the x axis is visible.

'on' | 'off'

xweighting (2D plots only)

Weighting method for the dB10 and dB20 x axis scale.

Note: For more information about the weighting methods refer to the dba, dbb, dbc and dbu commands.

'none' | 'a' | 'b' | 'c' | 'u'

yaxislocation

Y axis location.

'left' | 'right'

ycategories (3D bar chart plots only)

Labels for the y category axis of a 3D bar chart plot.

Cell

ycolor

Color of the y axis.

1*3 matrix of RGB | colorname

ydb10reference (2D plots only)

Reference value for the y axis dB10 scale. Data values are scaled using the formula: value = 10*log10(original_value/reference)

Scalar

ydb20reference (2D plots only)

Reference value for the y axis dB20 scale. Data values are scaled using the formula: value = 20*log10(original_value/reference)

Scalar

ydir (2D plots only)

Y axis direction.

'normal' | 'reverse'

yfontangle

Font angle of the y axis tick labels.

'regular' | 'italic'

yfontname

Font name of the y axis tick labels.

Any available font from the system.

yfontsize

Font size of the y axis tick labels.

Integer

yfontweight

Font weight of the y axis tick labels.

'normal' | 'bold'

ygrid

Status of the y axis grid lines.

'off' | 'on'

ylabel

Handle of the label of y axis, which is a text object.

ylim

Y axis limits.

2-element vector

yminorgrid

Status of the y axis minor grid lines.

'off' | 'on'

yminortick

Number of ticks on the y minor axis.

Integer

ynumericformat

Display format of the y axis values.

'auto' | 'fixed' | 'scientific'

ynumericprecision

Number of digits following the decimal point of the y axis values.

Integer

yscale

Scale of the y axis.

'linear' | 'log' | 'db10' | 'db20'

ytick

Number of ticks on the y axis or vector of tick values to display on the y axis. Custom tick values can be set only on the linear axis of 2D plots.

Note: If the axis scale is logarithmic, decibels, or dB10, this property refers to ticks per decade and the accepted values are:

• 0, 1, 2, 5, 9 or 18 for logarithmic.
• 0, 1, 2, 4, 10 or 20 for decibels.
• 0, 1, 2, 4 or 10 for dB10.

Integer | Vector

yticklabel

Labels of the y axis ticks.

Note: The labels are set on the custom ticks that are specified by the ytick property.

Cell of strings

ytickmethod

The method for calculating the number of ticks for the y axis.

'increment' | 'ticks'

yvisible

Specifies if the y axis is visible.

'on' | 'off'

yweighting (2D plots only)

Weighting method for the dB10 and dB20 y axis scale.

Note: For more information about the weighting methods refer to the dba, dbb, dbc and dbu commands.

'none' | 'a' | 'b' | 'c' | 'u'

zcolor

Color of the z axis.

1*3 matrix of RGB | colorname

zerolinecolor

Zero line color.

1*3 matrix of RGB.

zfontangle

Font angle of the z axis tick labels.

'regular' | 'italic'

zfontname

Font name of the z axis tick labels.

Any available font from the system.

zfontsize

Font size of the z axis tick labels.

Integer

zfontweight

Font weight of the z axis tick labels.

'normal' | 'bold'

zgrid

Status of the z axis grid lines.

'off' | 'on'

zlabel

Handle of the label of z axis, which is a text object.

zlim

Z axis limits.

2-element vector

zminorgrid

Status of the z axis minor grid lines.

'off' | 'on'

zminortick

Number of ticks on the z minor axis.

Integer

znumericformat

Display format of the z axis values.

'auto' | 'fixed' | 'scientific'

znumericprecision

Number of digits following the decimal point of the z axis values.

Integer

zscale

Scale of the z axis.

'linear' | 'log' | 'db10' | 'db20'

ztick

Number of tics on the z axis.

Note: If the axis scale is logarithmic, decibels, or dB10, this property refers to tics per decade and the accepted values are:

• 0, 1, 2, 5, 9 or 18 for logarithmic.
• 0, 1, 2, 4, 10 or 20 for decibels.
• 0, 1, 2, 4 or 10 for dB10.

Integer

ztickmethod

The method for calculating the number of ticks for the z axis.

'increment' | 'ticks'

zvisible

Specifies if the z axis is visible.

'on' | 'off'

Y-axis Properties

Line Properties

Property Name

Description/Values

children

Children of the line object, currently an empty matrix.

color

Line color.

1*3 matrix of RGB | colorname

dataxoffset

Shifts the data along the x axis.

Double

datayoffset

Shifts the data along the y axis.

Double

datazoffset

Shifts the data along the z axis.

Double

dataxscale

Scales the data in the x axis.

Double

datayscale

Scales the data in the y axis.

Double

datazscale

Scales the data in the z axis.

Double

displayname

The line's name.

String

handle

Handle of the line object.

handlevisibility

If set to 'off' then this object is not listed in its parent 'children' value.

'on' | 'off'

linestyle

The line style.

'-' | '--' | '-.' | ':' | '-:' | 'none'

linewidth

Width of the line.

Integer

marker

Line marker.

's' | 'square' | '^' | 'v' | 'x' | 'o' | 'd' | 'diamond' | '+' | '*' | '.' | 'none'

markerevery

Frequency of line markers.

Integer

markerfacecolor

Color of the line marker.

1*3 matrix of RGB | colorname

markersize

Size of the marker.

Integer

parent

Handle of the parent axes.

0

tag

A tag attached to the line object.

String

tiptotail (polar plot only)

Enables participation of the line in the tip-to-tail curve.

'on' | 'off'

type

The type of line object.

'line'

units

Units of measurement.

'pixels' | 'normalized'

visible

Visibility of the line.

'on' | 'off'

xdata

Data values associated with the x axis.

vector

yaxis

Handle of the vertical axis this object is plotted on.

Double

ydata

Data values associated with the y axis.

vector

zdata

Data values associated with the z axis (3D lines only).

vector

Surface Properties

Property Name

Description/Values

children

Children of the surface object, currently an empty matrix.

color

Surface color.

1*3 matrix of RGB | colorname

displayname

The surface's name.

String

edgecolor

Mesh line color.

1*3 matrix of RGB | colorname

handle

Handle of the surface object.

handlevisibility

If set to 'off' then this object is not listed in its parent 'children' value.

'on' | 'off'

linewidth (waterfall plot only)

Width of the waterfall lines.

Integer

meshlines

Visibility of the surface mesh lines.

'on' | 'off'

parent

Handle of the parent axes.

0

tag

A tag attached to the surface object.

String

type

Surface object type.

'surface'

units

Units of measurement.

'pixels' | 'normalized'

visible

Visibility of the surface.

'on' | 'off'

xdata

Data values associated with the x axis.

vector | matrix

ydata

Data values associated with the y axis.

vector | matrix

zdata

Data values associated with the z axis.

matrix

Text Properties

Property Name

Description/Values

attached

Enables the attachement of the text box to a point. Supported in 2D plots only.

'on' | 'off'

backgroundcolor

The background color of the text box.

1*3 matrix of RGB | colorname

borderwidth

The width of the text's border line.

Integer

children

Children of the text object, currently an empty matrix.

color

The text color.

1*3 matrix of RGB | colorname

fontangle

The font angle of the text.

'regular' | 'italic'

fontname

The text's font name.

Any available fonts from the system.

fontsize

The text's font size.

Integer

fontweight

The font weight of the text.

'normal' | 'bold'

handle

The handle of the text object.

Double

handlevisibility

If set to 'off' then this object is not listed in its parent 'children' value.

'on' | 'off'

horizontalalignment

The horizontal alignment of the text box relative to the given x,y coordinate. Supported in 2D plots only.

'center' | 'left' | 'right'

interpreter

The interpreter that will be used to process the text. Supported in 2D plots only.

Note: The 'tex' interpreter supports a subset of the TeX markup language and is currently available in 2D plots for title, axis labels and text objects. Mathematical expressions should be placed inside '$'. Examples may be found in the documation of the text command.

'none' | 'tex'

offset

The distance between the given x,y coordinate and the text box. Supported in 2D plots only.

Double

parent

The handle of the parent object.

Double

string

The content of the text object.

tag

A tag attached to the text object.

String

type

The text object type.

'text'

units

The units of measurement.

'pixels' | 'normalized'

verticalalignment

The vertical alignment of the text box relative to the given x,y coordinate. Supported in 2D plots only.

'middle' | 'top' | 'bottom'

visible

Visibility of the text object.

'on' | 'off'

uicontextmenu Properties

Property Name

Description/Values

callback

Callback function of the uicontextmenu object.

Function handle, string or cell reprepresenting the callback.

children

Children of the uicontextmenu object, which are the added uicontextmenuitem objects.

Real vector.

createfcn

Function triggered when the uicontextmenu object is created.

Function handle, string or cell specifying function name and arguments.

deletefcn

Function triggered when the uicontextmenu object is deleted.

Function handle, string or cell specifying function name and arguments.

enable

Indicates if uicontextmenu object is enabled, default value being 'on'

'on' (default) | 'off'

handle

Handle of the uicontextmenu object.

parent

Handle of the parent object.

position

Index the uicontextmenu in the parent.

Positive integer.

separator

Indicates if there needs to be a separator added before the uicontextmenuitem object, if applicable.

'off' (default) | 'on'

tag

User-defined string to tag graphical control objects.

String

type

The type of the uicontextmenu object.

'uicontextmenu'

userdata

User-defined matrix data

visible

Specifies if uicontextmenu object is visible

'on'(default) | 'off'

uicontextmenuitem Properties

Property Name

Description/Values

callback

Callback function of the uicontextmenuitem object.

Function handle, string or cell reprepresenting the callback.

children

Children of the uicontextmenuitem object.

Real vector.

createfcn

Function triggered when the uicontextmenuitem object is created.

Function handle, string or cell specifying function name and arguments.

deletefcn

Function triggered when the uicontextmenuitem object is deleted.

Function handle, string or cell specifying function name and arguments.

enable

Indicates if uicontextmenuitem is enabled.

'on' (default) | 'off'

handle

Handle of the uicontextmenuitem object.

parent

Handle of the uicontextmenu/uicontextmenuitem parent object.

position

Index of the uicontextmenuitem object in the parent.

Positive integer.

separator

Indicates if there needs to be a separator added before the uicontextmenuitem object, if applicable.

'off' (default) | 'on'

tag

User-defined string to tag graphical objects.

String

type

The type of the object.

'uicontextmenuitem'

userdata

User-defined matrix data

visible

Specifies if uitabgroup is visible

'on'(default) | 'off'

uicontrol Properties

Property Name

Description/Values

aspectratio

Specifies if the aspect ratio of a background image is ignored ('off') or kept ('on'). Valid only for styles pushbutton, togglebutton and frame.

'off' (default) | 'on'

backgroundcolor

Background color of the object.

String or real vector.

backgroundimage

Background image that can be displayed on the uicontrol object. This is valid only for styles 'pushbutton' or 'frame'.

String.

callback

Callback function of the user interface control (uicontrol) object.

Function handle, string, or cell specifying function name and arguments.

createfcn

Function triggered when the uicontrol object is created.

Function handle, string, or cell specifying function name and arguments.

deletefcn

Function triggered when the uicontrol object is deleted.

Function handle, string, or cell specifying function name and arguments.

children

The children of the uicontrol object, currently an empty matrix.

enable

Indicates if the uicontrol object is enabled; default value is 'on'.

'on' (default) | 'off'

fontangle

The font angle of the uicontrol.

'regular' | 'italic'

fontname

The font name of the uicontrol.

Any available font from the system.

fontsize

The font size of the uicontrol.

Integer

fontunits

Units of measurement for fontsize.

'pixels' (default) | 'normalized'

fontweight

The font weight of the uicontrol.

'normal' | 'bold'

handle

The handle of the uicontrol object.

horizontalalignment

Horizontal alignment of the text in styles edit, text, pushbutton and textedit.

left (default) | right | center | justify

interruptible

Determines if a callback associated with this uicontrol is interruptible by the user or not.

'off' (default) | 'on'

keypressfcn

Function triggered when there is a key press event on the user interface control (uicontrol) object.

Function handle, string, or cell specifying function name and arguments.

max

The maximum value for the uicontrol.

Integer

min

The minimal value of the uicontrol.

Integer

orient

Orientation of the uicontrol of a style slider.

'horizontal' (default) | 'vertical'

parent

The handle of the parent object.

Scalar

position

Location and size of the uicontrol in the figure.

Location is specified by the upper-left point; size is specified by the width and height.

[left top width height]

sliderstep

The value of a single step and a single page of the uicontrol style slider.

string

Label displayed on the uicontrol object.

style

Style of the uicontrol object.

tag

User-defined string to the uicontrol object.

String

tickinterval

Interval between tickmarks of the uicontrol style slider.

0 (default) | any positive integer

tickmarks

Position of tickmarks of the uicontrol slider.

'nomarks' (default) | 'above' | 'below' | 'both'

tooltipstring

Tooltip string displayed when mouse moves over the uicontrol object.

String

tracking

Specifies if the value of a uicontrol slider is tracked and the callback is executed as it is dragged.

'on' (default) | 'off'

type

The uicontrol object type, which is read-only .

'uicontrol'

uicontextmenu

Handle of the uicontextmenu object associated with this object, if it is applicable for this style and if it exists.

units

Units of measurement.

'pixels' | 'normalized'

userdata

User-defined matrix data.

Complex, double, or matrix

value

Current value of the uicontrol.

Integer

verticalalignment

Vertical alignment of the text in styles edit and text.

top | bottom | middle(default)

visible

Specifies if the uicontrol widget is visible.

on (default) | off

uipushtool Properties

Property Name

Description/Values

children

Children of the uipushtool object.

Real vector.

clickedcallback

Callback function triggered when the uipushtool object is clicked.

Function handle, string or cell specifying function name and arguments.

createfcn

Function triggered when the uipushtool object is created.

Function handle, string or cell specifying function name and arguments.

deletefcn

Function triggered when the uipushtool object is deleted.

Function handle, string or cell specifying function name and arguments.

enable

Indicates if the uipushtool object is enabled.

on (default) | off

String.

handle

Read-only handle of the uipushtool object.

Scalar.

iconpath

Path to the icon displayed on the uipushtool object.

String.

keypressfcn

Function triggered when a key is pressed on the uipushtool object.

Function handle, string or cell specifying function name and arguments.

parent

Handle of the parent uitoolbarobject.

position

Read-only index of the uipushtool object in the parent, uitoolbar.

Positive integer.

separator

Specifies if a separator needs to be added after the uipushtool object in the parent uitoolbar.

on | off (default)

String.

tag

User-defined string to tag the uipushtool object.

String.

tooltipstring

Tool tip on the uipushtool object.

String.

type

Read-only type of the uipushtool object.

uipushtool

String.

uicontextmenu

Read-only handle of the uicontextmenu associated with this uipushtool object, if it exists.

Scalar.

userdata

User-defined matrix data.

Complex, matrix or scalar.

value

User-defined scalar data.

Scalar.

visible

Indicates if the uipushtool object is visible.

on (default) | off

String.

uitoggletool Properties

Property Name

Description/Values

children

Children of the uitoggletool object.

Real vector.

clickedcallback

Callback function triggered when the uitoggletool object is clicked.

Function handle, string or cell specifying function name and arguments.

createfcn

Function triggered when the uitoggletool object is created.

Function handle, string or cell specifying function name and arguments.

deletefcn

Function triggered when the uitoggletool object is deleted.

Function handle, string or cell specifying function name and arguments.

enable

Indicates if the uitoggletool object is enabled.

on (default) | off

String.

handle

Read only handle of the uitoggletool object.

Scalar.

iconpath

Path to the icon displayed on the uitoggletool object.

String.

keypressfcn

Function triggered when a key is pressed on the uitoggletool object.

Function handle, string or cell specifying function name and arguments.

offcallback

Callback function triggered when the uitoggletool is off.

Function handle, string or cell specifying function name and arguments.

oncallback

Callback function triggered when the uitoggletool is on.

Function handle, string or cell specifying function name and arguments.

parent

Handle of the parent uitoolbarobject.

position

Read-only index of the uitoggletool object in the parent, uitoolbar.

Positive integer.

separator

Specifies if a separator needs to be added after the uipushtool object in the parent uitoolbar.

on | off (default)

String.

tag

User-defined string to tag the uitoggletool object.

String.

tooltipstring

Tool tip on the uitoggletool object.

String.

type

Read only type of the uitoggletool object.

uitoggletool

String.

uicontextmenu

Read only handle of the uicontextmenu associated with this uitoggletool object, if it exists.

Scalar.

userdata

User defined matrix data.

Complex, matrix or scalar.

value

User defined scalar data.

Scalar.

visible

Indicates if the uitoggletool object is visible.

on (default) | off

String.

uimenuitem Properties

Property Name

Description/Values

callback

Callback function of the uimenuitem object.

Function handle, string or cell reprepresenting the callback.

children

Children of the uimenuitem object.

Real vector.

createfcn

Function triggered when the uimenuitem object is created.

Function handle, string or cell specifying function name and arguments.

deletefcn

Function triggered when the uimenuitem object is deleted.

Function handle, string or cell specifying function name and arguments.

enable

Indicates if uicmenuitem is enabled.

'on' (default) | 'off'

handle

Handle of the uimenuitem object.

Double

label

Label of the uimenuitem object.

String

parent

Handle of the uimenu/uimenuitem parent object.

Double

position

Index of the uimenuitem object in the parent.

Positive integer.

separator

Indicates if there needs to be a separator added before the uimenuitem object, if applicable.

'off' (default) | 'on'

tag

User-defined string to tag graphical objects.

String

type

The type of the object.

'uimenuitem'

userdata

User-defined matrix data

visible

Specifies if uimenuitem is visible

'on'(default) | 'off'

uipanel Properties

Property Name

Description/Values

aspectratio

Specifies if the aspect ratio of a background image is ignored (off(off)) or retained (on).

off (default) | on

backgroundcolor

Background color of the object.

String or real vector.

backgroundimage

Path to a valid image file which is shown in the background of the uipanel object.

String.

bordertype

Specifies the border type.

beveledin | beveledout | etchedin (default) | etchedout | line | none

String.

borderwidth

Specifies the border width, default value is 1.

Integer.

children

The children of the uipanel object; defaults to an empty matrix.

createfcn

Function triggered when the uipanel object is created.

Function handle, string or cell specifying function name and arguments.

deletefcn

Function triggered when the uipanel object is deleted.

Function handle, string or cell specifying function name and arguments.

enable

Indicates if the uipanel object is enabled.

on (default) | off

fontangle

Specifies the angle of the displayed font.

regular (default) | italic

String.

fontname

Specifies name of the displayed font.

String.

fontsize

Specifies the size of the displayed font.

Scalar.

fontunits

Units of measurement for fontsize.

pixels (default) | normalized

String.

fontweight

Specifies the weight of the displayed font.

normal (default) | bold

String.

handle

Read only handle of the uipanel object.

Scalar.

keypressfcn

Function triggered when there is a key pressed on the uipanel object.

Function handle, string or cell specifying function name and arguments.

parent

The handle of the parent object.

Scalar.

position

Location and size of the object in the figure.

Location is specified by the upper-left point; size is specified by the width and height.

[left, top, width, height]

string

Label displayed on the uipanel object.

String.

tag

User-defined string to tag the uipanel object.

String.

type

Read-only property indicating the object type.

uipanel

String.

uicontextmenu

Read only handle of the uicontextmenu object associated with this object.

Scalar.

units

Specifies units of measurement.

pixels (default) | normalized

String.

userdata

User-defined numerical data.

Any complex, matrix, or scalar values.

value

User-defined scalar data.

Scalar.

visible

Specifies if the object is visible or not.

'on' | 'off'

uisearchbox Properties

Property Name

Description/Values

backgroundcolor

Background color of the uisearchbox.

String or real vector.

children

Read-only property listing the children of the uisearchbox object; defaults to an empty matrix.

createfcn

Function executed when the uisearchbox object is created.

Function handle, string or cell specifying function name and arguments.

deletefcn

Function excuted when the uisearchbox object is deleted.

Function handle, string or cell specifying function name and arguments.

enable

Indicates if the uisearchbox object is enabled.

'on' (default) | 'off'

fontangle

Angle of the displayed font.

'regular' (default) | 'italic'

fontname

Name of the displayed font.

String

fontsize

Size of the displayed font.

Scalar

fontunits

Units of measurement for fontsize.

'pixels' (default) | 'normalized'

fontweight

Weight of the displayed font.

'normal' (default) | 'bold'

Scalar

foregroundcolor

Foreground color of the uisearchbox.

String or real vector.

handle

Read-only property specifying the handle of the uisearchbox object.

horizontalalignment

Horizontal alignment of the text in uisearchbox object.

left (default) | right | center | justify

iconposition

Position of the search icon in uisearchbox object.

leading (default) | trailing

matchcase

Specifies if case is matched during a search.

'off' (default) | 'on'

matchpattern

Pattern used for matching.

String.

matchpositions

Read-only property containing the positions in the searchobj where the matchpattern is found.

Cell array or vector.

matchvalues

Read-only property containing the values in the searchobj which matched the matchpattern.

Cell array.

parent

The handle of the parent object.

Scalar

position

Location and size of the object.

Location is specified by the upper-left point; size is specified by the width and height.

[left, top, width, height]

searchobj

Handle of the listbox, popupmenu or uitable which needs to be searched.

syntax

Syntax of the search. 'wildcards' specifies a simple pattern matching syntax used in command shells and regexp specifies a rich Perl-like pattern.

'wildcards'(default) | 'regexp'.

tag

User-defined string to tag the uisearchbox object.

String

tooltipstring

Tooltip displayed when the mouse moves over the uisearchbox object.

String

type

Read-only property specifying the type of the uisearchobj

'uisearchbox'

uicontextmenu

Specifies the uicontextmenu object associated with the uisearchbox.

Scalar

units

Specifies units of measurement.

'pixels' | 'normalized'

userdata

User-defined numerical data.

Any complex, matrix, or scalar values.

value

User-defined scalar value.

Scalar.

verticalalignment

Vertical alignment of the text in the uisearchbox.

top | bottom | middle(default)

visible

Specifies if the object is visible.

'on' (default) | 'off'

uispinbox Properties

Property Name

Description/Values

backgroundcolor

Background color of the spin box.

String or real vector.

callback

Callback function of the spin box.

Function handle, string, or cell specifying function name and arguments.

createfcn

Function triggered when the uispinbox object is created.

Function handle, string, or cell specifying function name and arguments.

deletefcn

Function triggered when the uispinbox object is deleted.

Function handle, string, or cell specifying function name and arguments.

children

Read-only property specifying the children of the uispinbox object.

Real matrix

enable

Indicates if the uispinbox object is enabled.

on (default) | off

fontangle

The font angle of the uispinbox.

regular (default) | italic

fontname

The font name of the uispinbox.

Any available font from the system.

String

fontsize

The font size of the uispinbox.

Integer

fontunits

Units of measurement for fontsize.

pixels (default) | normalized

fontweight

The font weight of the uispinbox.

normal (default) | bold

foregroundcolor

Foreground color of the spin box.

String or real vector.

handle

Read-only property specifying the handle of the uispinbox object.

Scalar

horizontalalignment

Horizontal alignment of the text in uispinbox object.

left (default) | right | center | justify

interruptible

Determines if a callback associated with this spin box is interruptible by the user or not.

off (default) | on

keypressfcn

Function triggered when there is a key press event on the spin box.

Function handle, string, or cell specifying function name and arguments.

linestep

The value of a single step when the spin box is incremented or decremented. Default value is 1.

Integer

max

The maximum value for the spin box.

Integer

min

The minimal value of the spin box.

Integer

parent

The handle of the parent object.

Scalar

position

Location and size of the spin box in the figure.

Location is specified by the upper-left point; size is specified by the width and height.

[left top width height]

Real vector

prefix

String prepended to the display value of the spin box.

String

style

Read-only property specifying the style.

uispinbox

suffix

String appended to the display value of the spin box.

String

tag

User-defined string.

String

tooltipstring

Tooltip string displayed when mouse moves over the spin box.

String

type

Read-only property specifying the type of the spin box object.

uicontrol

uicontextmenu

Read-only property containing the handle of the uicontextmenu object associated with this object.

Scalar

units

Units of measurement.

pixels | normalized

userdata

User-defined matrix data.

Complex, double, or matrix

value

Current value of the spin box.

Integer

verticalalignment

Vertical alignment of the text in the spin box.

top | bottom | middle(default)

visible

Specifies if the uispinbox object is visible.

on (default) | off

wrapping

Specifies if the max and min values of the spinbox are wrapped, behaving as a circular spinbox instead of a directional spinbox.

off (default) | on

uitab Properties

Property Name

Description/Values

children

Children of the uitab object.

Real vector.

createfcn

Function triggered when the uitab object is created.

Function handle, string or cell specifying function name and arguments.

deletefcn

Function triggered when the uitab object is deleted.

Function handle, string or cell specifying function name and arguments.

enable

Indicates if uitab is enabled.

'on' (default) | 'off'

fontangle

Font angle; applies to all uitabs in this group.

'regular' (default) | 'italic'

fontname

Font name; applies to all uitabs in this group.

Any available font from the system.

fontsize

Font size; applies to all uitabs in this group.

Integer

fontunits

Units of measurement for fontsize.

'pixels' (default) | 'normalized'

fontweight

Font weight; applies to all uitabs in this group.

'normal' (default) | 'bold'

handle

Handle of the uitab object.

iconpath

Path to the icon to be displayed next to the tab name.

String

parent

Handle of the uitabgroup parent object.

position

Location and size of the uitab object.

The location is specified by the upper-left point; size is specified by the width and height.

[left top width height]

tag

User-defined string to tag graphical control objects.

String

tooltipstring

Tooltip string displayed when the mouse moves over the uitab object.

String

title

Title of the uitab object.

String

type

The type of the uitab object.

'uitab'

uicontextmenu

Handle of the uicontextmenu object associated with this tab, if it exists.

units

Units of measurement.

'pixels' | 'normalized'

userdata

User-defined matrix data.

uitabgroup Properties

Property Name

Description/Values

children

Children of the uitabgroup object.

Real vector.

createfcn

Function triggered when the uitabgroup object is created.

Function handle, string or cell specifying function name and arguments.

deletefcn

Function triggered when the uitabgroup object is deleted.

Function handle, string or cell specifying function name and arguments.

enable

Indicates if uitabgroup object is enabled.

on (default) | off

fontangle

Font angle of the uitabgroup object; applies to all uitabs in this group.

regular (default) | italic

fontname

Font name of the uitabgroup object; applies to all uitabs in this group.

Any available font from the system.

fontsize

Font size of the uitabgroup object; applies to all uitabs in this group.

Integer

fontunits

Units of measurement for fontsize.

pixels (default) | normalized

fontweight

Font weight of the uitabgroup object; applies to all uitabs in this group.

normal (default) | bold

handle

Handle of the uitabgroup object.

interruptible

Specifies if selectionchangedfcn callback is interruptible.

off (default) | on

parent

Handle of the parent object.

position

Location and size of the uitabgroup object in the parent.

The location is specified by the upper-left point; size is specified by the width and height.

[left top width height]

selectedtab

Handle of the uitab child object is the current tab.

Scalar

selectionchangedfcn

Function triggered when a uitab child is current/selected.

Function handle, string or cell specifying function name and arguments.

style

Read only style of the uitabgroup object.

uitabgroup

tag

User defined string to tag the uitabgroup object.

String

tooltipstring

Tooltip string.

String

type

Read only type of the uitabgroup object.

uitabgroup

uicontextmenu

Specifies the uicontextmenu object associated with the uitabgroup object.

Scalar

units

Units of measurement.

pixels (default) | normalized

userdata

User defined matrix data.

Scalar, complex or matrix.

vlue

User defined scalar data.

Scalar.

visible

Specifies if the uitabgroup object is visible.

on(default) | off

uitable Properties

Property Name

Description/Values

backgroundcolor

Background color of the object.

String or real vector.

celleditcallback

Callback function when the value of a cell is changed in uitable.

Function handle or string.

cellselectioncallback

Callback function triggered when cell selection changes.

Function handle or string.

children

Read-only matrix containing the handles of the children of uitable.

Real matrix.

columneditable

true or false, indicating which column(s) are editable.

Logical matrix.

columnformat

Cell with values of char, logical, numeric, [] or cell array of strings. This property can be used to format text alignment, auto-create checkboxes or popupmenus for a column.

Cell array.

columnname

Column names.

numbered(default) | cell of label(s).

Cell array.

columnwidth

Width of the table column(s) or auto(default).

Cell array | auto.

createfcn

Function triggered when the uitable object is created.

Function handle, string or cell specifying function name and arguments.

data

Table contents.

Cell array | matrix

deletefcn

Function triggered when the uitable object is deleted.

Function handle, string or cell specifying function name and arguments.

enable

Indicates if the table is enabled.

on(default) | off.

fontangle

Specifies the angle of the displayed font.

regular(default) | italic

fontname

Specifies the name of the displayed font.

String

fontsize

Specifies the size of the displayed font.

Scalar

fontunits

Units of measurement for fontsize.

pixels(default) | normalized

fontweight

Specifies the weight of the displayed font.

normal(default) | bold

foregroundcolor

Foreground color of uitable.

String or real vector.

handle

The handle of the uitable object.

headerformat

Format for header labels.

[](default, center justified) | char(left justified) | logical(center justified checkbox) | numeric(right justified)

cell

interruptible

Specifies if celleditcallback and cellselectioncallback functions can be interrupted.

off(default) | on

keypressfcn

Function triggered when there is a key press event on the uitable object.

Function handle, string or cell specifying function name and arguments.

parent

The handle of the parent object.

Scalar

position

Location and size of the object in the figure.

Location is specified by the upper-left point; size is specified by the width and height.

[left, top, width, height]

rowheight

Height of the table row(s) or auto, which is the default.

Cell | auto (default)

rowname

Row label(s).

numbered(default) | cell of label(s).

rowstriping

If rowstriping is on, alternate rows will have a different background color. This property is available only on Windows.

off(default) | on.

showgrid

Indicates if the grid on the uitable object is shown.

on(default) | off.

tag

User-defined string to tag the uitable object.

String

tooltipstring

Tooltip string displayed when the mouse moves over the uitable object.

String

type

The object type.

uitable

units

Specifies units of measurement.

pixels(default) | normalized

userdata

User-defined numerical data.

Any complex, matrix, or scalar values.

value

User-defined scalar data.

Scalar.

visible

Specifies if the uitable object is visible.

on(default) | off

uitoolbar Properties

Property Name

Description/Values

children

Read-only property listing the children of the uitoolbar object; defaults to an empty matrix.

createfcn

Function executed when the uitoolbar object is created.

Function handle, string or cell specifying function name and arguments.

deletefcn

Function excuted when the uitoolbar object is deleted.

Function handle, string or cell specifying function name and arguments.

enable

Indicates if the uitoolbar object is enabled.

on (default) | off

handle

Read-only property specifying the handle of the uitoolbar object.

iconsize

Specifies the size of the uipushtool icons.

Positive integer.

orient

Orientation of the uitoolbar.

horizontal (default) | vertical

parent

The handle of the parent object.

Scalar

position

Location of the object specified by the upper-left point.

[left top]

tag

User-defined string to tag the uitoolbar object.

String

tooltipstring

Tooltip.

String

type

Read-only property specifying the type of the object.

uitoolbar

uicontextmenu

Specifies the uicontextmenu object associated with the uitoolbar.

Scalar

units

Specifies units of measurement.

pixels (default) | normalized

userdata

User-defined numerical data.

Any complex, matrix, or scalar values.

value

User-defined scalar value.

Scalar.

visible

Specifies if the object is visible.

on (default) | off

uitree Properties

Property Name

Description/Values

backgroundcolor

Color of the text displayed in the background of the uitree.

3-element integral vector.

callback

Callback function that is triggered when interacting with the uitree object.

Function handle, string or cell specifying function name and argument(s).

createfcn

Function triggered when the uitree object is created.

Function handle, string or cell specifying function name and arguments.

children

Children of the uitree object, which are the added uitreenode objects.

Real vector.

deletefcn

Function triggered when the uitree object is deleted.

Function handle, string or cell specifying function name and arguments.

enable

Indicates if uitree is enabled; default value is 'on'.

'on' (default) | 'off'

expand

Indicates if uitree is expanded; default value is 'on'.

'on' (default) | 'off'

fontangle

Font angle of the uitree.

'regular' (default) | 'italic'

fontname

Font name of the uitree.

Any available font from the system.

fontsize

Font size of the uitree.

Integer

fontweight

Font weight of the uitree.

'normal' (default) | 'bold'

foregroundcolor

Color of the text displayed in the uitree root.

3-element integral vector or 'transparent'

handle

Handle of the uitree object.

Double

iconpath

Path to the icon to be displayed next to uitree root node.

String

interruptible

Specifies if callback is interruptible. Default option is not to interrupt the callback

'off' (default) | 'on'

keypressfcn

Function triggered when there is a key press event on the uitree object.

Function handle, string or cell specifying function name and arguments.

parent

Handle of the parent object.

Double

position

Location and size of the uitabgroup in the parent.

The location is specified by the upper-left point; size is specified by the width and height.

[left top width height]

style

Style of the uitree object.

'uitree'

tag

User-defined string to tag graphical control objects.

String

text

Text displayed at the root of uitree.

String

tooltipstring

Tooltip string displayed when the mouse moves over the uitree object.

String

type

The type of the uitree object.

'uitree'

uicontextmenu

Handle of the context menu associated with the uitree object.

Double

units

Units of measurement.

'pixels' | 'normalized'

userdata

User-defined matrix data.

Complex, double or matrix

value

User-defined numerical data.

Double

visible

Specifies if uitree is visible.

'on'(default) | 'off'

uitreenode Properties

Property Name

Description/Values

callback

Callback function that is triggered when interacting with the uitreenode object.

Function handle or string.

children

Children of the uitreenode object, which are the added uitreenode objects.

Real vector.

createfcn

Function triggered when the uitreenode object is created.

Function handle, string or cell specifying function name and arguments.

deletefcn

Function triggered when the uitreenode object is deleted.

Function handle, string or cell specifying function name and arguments.

enable

Indicates if uitreenode is enabled.

'on' (default) | 'off'

expand

Indicates if uitreenode is expanded; default value is 'on'.

'on' (default) | 'off'

fontangle

Font angle of the uitreenode.

'regular' (default) | 'italic'

fontname

Font name of the uitreenode.

Any available font from the system.

fontsize

Font size of the uitreenode.

Integer

fontunits

Units of measurement for fontsize.

'pixels' (default) | 'normalized'

fontweight

Font weight of the uitreenode.

'normal' (default) | 'bold'

foregroundcolor

Color of the text displayed in the uitreenode.

3-element integral vector or 'transparent'

handle

Handle of the uitreenode object.

Double

iconpath

Path to the icon to be displayed next to uitreenode object.

String

interruptible

Specifies if callback is interruptible. Default option is not to interrupt the callback

'off' (default) | 'on'

parent

Handle of the parent object.

Double

position

Position of the uitreenode in its parent object.

Integer

style

Style of the uitreenode object.

'uitreenode'

tag

User-defined string to tag graphical control objects.

String

text

Text displayed in the uitreenode.

String

tooltipstring

Tooltip string displayed when the mouse moves over the uitreenode object.

String

type

The type of the uitreenode object.

'uitreenode'

uicontextmenu

Handle of the context menu associated with the uitreenode object.

Double

userdata

User-defined matrix data.

Complex, double or matrix

value

User-defined numerical data.

Double

visible

Shows the visibility of the uitreenode object.

'on'

Hggroup Properties

Property Name

Description/Values

areagroup (area plot only)

A vector of handles, which point to area groups.

autoscale (quiver plot only)

Enables the scaling of the quiver plot vectors.

'on' | 'off'

autoscalefactor (quiver plot only)

The scaling factor of the quiver plot vectors. Default value is 0.9.

Double

basevalue (area plot only)

Base value of the shading.

Double

bargroup (bar chart plot only)

A vector of handles, which point to bar groups.

barlayout (bar chart plot only)

The bar layout style.

'grouped' | 'stacked'

barstyle (bar chart plot only)

The bar style.

Integer in the range [0,4]

barwidth (bar chart plot only)

The width of the bars.

Integer

cdata (2d scatter plot only)

The color of each marker of a scatter plot.

M*3 matrix of RGB

children

The children of the hggroup object.

color (quiver plot only)

Color of the quiver plot vectors.

1*3 matrix of RGB | colorname

dataxoffset

Shifts the data along the x axis.

Double

datayoffset

Shifts the data along the y axis.

Double

datazoffset

Shifts the data along the z axis.

Double

dataxscale

Scales the data in the x axis.

Double

datayscale

Scales the data in the y axis.

Double

datazscale

Scales the data in the z axis.

Double

displayname

The group's named.

String

facecolor

The object color.

1*3 matrix of RGB | colorname

handle

The handle of the hggroup object.

handlevisibility

If set to 'off' then this object is not listed in its parent 'children' value.

'on' | 'off'

imgrid (imagesc plot only)

Visibility of the image grid.

'off' | 'on'

linestyle (quiver plot only)

The vector line style.

'-' | '--' | '-.' | ':' | '-:' | 'none'

linewidth (quiver plot only)

The vector line width.

Integer

marker (scatter and quiver plot only)

marker style

's' | 'square' | '^' | 'v' | 'x' | 'o' | 'd' | 'diamond' | '+' | '*' | '.' | 'none'

markerfacealpha (scatter plot only)

The marker color opacity.

Double

markerfacecolor (scatter and quiver plot only)

The marker color.

1*3 matrix of RGB | colorname

markersize (scatter and quiver plot only)

Size of the marker.

Integer

maxheadsize (quiver plot only)

The scaling factor of the quiver plot arrow head. Default value is 0.3.

Double

parent

The handle of the parent axes.

0

showarrowhead (quiver plot only)

Sets the arrow head visible.

'on' | 'off'

tag

A tag attached to the hggroup object.

String

type

The type of the hggroup object.

'hggroup'

udata (quiver plot only)

Data values of the vector u component.

vector | matrix

units

The units of measurement, currently not used.

'pixels' | 'normalized'

vdata (quiver plot only)

Data values of the vector v component.

vector | matrix

visible

Visibility of the hggroup object.

'on' | 'off'

xdata

Data values associated with the x axis.

vector | matrix

yaxis(all except bar plot)

Handle of the vertical axis this object is plotted on.

Double

ydata

Data values associated with the y axis.

vector | matrix

zdata

Data values associated with the z axis (3D bar or scatter only).

vector | matrix

Patch Properties

Property Name

Description/Values

cdata (3d patch plot only)

A scalar value per vertex or face, or an 1xNx3(rgb) matrix defining the color of each face.

matrix

children

The children of the patch object.

color (triplot only)

Color of triplot line.

1*3 matrix of RGB | colorname

dataxoffset

Shifts the data along the x axis.

Double

datayoffset

Shifts the data along the y axis.

Double

datazoffset

Shifts the data along the z axis.

Double

dataxscale

Scales the data in the x axis.

Double

datayscale

Scales the data in the y axis.

Double

datazscale

Scales the data in the z axis.

Double

displayname

The patch's named.

String

edgecolor (trimesh only)

The color of the trimesh edges.

1*3 matrix of RGB | colorname | 'interp' | 'flat'

facecolor (all except triplot and trimesh)

The color of the patch.

1*3 matrix of RGB | colorname | 'interp' | 'flat'

handle

The handle of the patch object.

handlevisibility

If set to 'off' then this object is not listed in its parent 'children' value.

'on' | 'off'

linestyle (triplot only)

The triplot line style.

'-' | '--' | '-.' | ':' | '-:' | 'none'

linewidth (triplot only)

The triplot line width.

Integer

marker (triplot only)

Marker style

's' | 'square' | '^' | 'v' | 'x' | 'o' | 'd' | 'diamond' | '+' | '*' | '.' | 'none'

markerfacecolor (triplot only)

The marker color.

1*3 matrix of RGB | colorname

markersize (triplot only)

Size of the marker.

Integer

parent

The handle of the parent axes.

0

tag

A tag attached to the patch object.

String

type

The type of the patch object.

'patch'

units

The units of measurement, currently not used.

'pixels' | 'normalized'

visible

Visibility of the patch object.

'on' | 'off'

xdata

Data values associated with the x axis.

vector | matrix

yaxis(2d patch and triplot plot)

Handle of the vertical axis this object is plotted on.

Double

ydata

Data values associated with the y axis.

vector | matrix

zdata

Data values associated with the z axis (3D patch only).

vector | matrix

Image Properties

Property Name

Description/Values

children

The children of the image object, currently an empty matrix.

filepath

The filepath.

handle

The handle of the image object.

handlevisibility

If set to 'off' then this object is not listed in its parent 'children' value.

'on' | 'off'

parent

The handle of the parent object.

0

position

The location and size of the image in the figure. The location is specified by the upper-left point, and the size is specified by the width and height.

[left top width height]

tag

A tag attached to the image object.

String

type

The image object type.

'image'

units

Units of measurement (not yet used).

'pixels' | 'normalized'

Shape Properties

Colorbar Properties

Legend Properties

Waitbar Properties