Why are the text labels cut off when I rotate and resize a surface plot in MATLAB 7.7 (R2008b)?

I am creating a surface plot and labeling both the X and Y axes.

I have set the 'ActivePositionProperty' to 'OuterPosition' so that the text labels are preserved when the figure is resized.

However, when I change the orientation of the axes using VIEW and resize the figure the axis labels are cut off.

I need to embed this figure into my publication and therefore I want a particular figure and font size. I cannot resize the figure to be a little bigger or decrease the font size.

Please refer to the following code:

figure

hf = gcf;

set(hf,'Units','inches');

pos = get(hf,'Position');

pos(3) = 3.25; % width

pos(4) = 0.75 * pos(3); % height

set(hf,'Position',pos);

surf(peaks);

xlabel('X Axis');

ylabel('Y Axis');

set(gca,'ActivePositionProperty','OuterPosition');

%Resizing to smaller size to see whether labels are dropped

view(-80,65);

set(gcf,'Position',[pos(1) pos(2) pos(3)-1 pos(4)-1]);

Answer 1

[MathWorks Support Team]

The ability to automatically preserve the text labels while rotating and resizing a figure is not available in MATLAB.

To work around this issue, you can adjust the position of the axes using the 'Position' property so the text labels fit inside the figure.

p = get(gca,'Position');

set(gca,'Position',[p(1) p(2)+0.1 p(3)-0.1 p(4)-0.2]);

You can also put the above code in the ResizeFcn to automate the process. You would still have to experiment with different axes positions to make sure that the text labels fit inside the figure.