What is drawable are?

For me:

figure('units','normalized','outerposition',[0 0 1 1],'position',[0 0 0.5 0.5]);

has the same effect as:

figure('units','normalized','outerposition',[0 0 0.5 0.5]);

For the first case the figure window is not fullscreen as I expected. Why?

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

"full screen" means different things to different operating systems.

If you want full screen then you should look at http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/31793-minimize-maximize-figure-window

Answer 2

[Jan]

Because the 'Position' and the 'OuterPosition' depend on each other. The outer position equals the inner position plus the size for the window border, menu bar and window title. If you define the position mutliple times inside a figure command, only the last value matters.

You've asked several question about this topic now. This is at least confusing. Please concentrate on one thread only. Thanks.