plotedit - Interactively edit and annotate plots

Syntax

Description

plotedit on starts plot edit mode for the current figure, allowing you to use a graphical interface to annotate and edit plots easily. In plot edit mode, you can label axes, change line styles, and add text, line, and arrow annotations.

plotedit off ends plot mode for the current figure.

plotedit toggles the plot edit mode for the current figure.

plotedit(h) toggles the plot edit mode for the figure specified by figure handle h.

plotedit('state') specifies the plotedit state for the current figure. Values for state can be as shown.

Value for state	Description
on	Starts plot edit mode
off	Ends plot edit mode
showtoolsmenu	Displays the Tools menu in the menu bar
hidetoolsmenu	Removes the Tools menu from the menu bar

Note   hidetoolsmenu is intended for GUI developers who do not want the Tools menu to appear in applications that use the figure window.

plotedit(h,'state') specifies the plotedit state for figure handle h.

Tips

Plot Editing Mode Graphical Interface Components

Examples

Start plot edit mode for figure 2.

plotedit(2)

End plot edit mode for figure 2.

plotedit(2, 'off')

Hide the Tools menu for the current figure:

plotedit('hidetoolsmenu')

See Also

axes | line | open | plot | print | propedit | saveas | text

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