How can I set the width of a COLORBAR in a figure in MATLAB 7.0 (R14)?

I create a figure by typing the following at the MATLAB command prompt:

pcolor(peaks);

c=colorbar;

Now I try to set the width of the colorbar as:

x=get(c,'Position');

x(3)=0.03;

set(c,'Position',x)

However, this results in the colorbar in the middle of the figure window.

Answer 1

[MathWorks Support Team]

The ability to manually set the width of a colorbar without changing its position is unavailable in MATLAB.

To workaround this issue, type the following:

pcolor(peaks);

c=colorbar;

x1=get(gca,'position');

x=get(c,'Position');

x(3)=0.03;

set(c,'Position',x)

set(gca,'position',x1)

[Kevin Gleason]

You will need to manage the various axes of the figure. Then, "colorbar" can take an axes as argument.

ax1 = subplot(2,1,1);
ax2 = subplot(2,1,2);

pcolor(ax1, peaks);
pcolor(ax2,-peaks);

c1 = colorbar(ax1);
c2 = colorbar(ax2);

x1 = get(ax1, 'position'); % get axes position

cw1= get(c1, 'Position'); % Colorbar Width for c1

% Set position of axes and

From there the modifications and set command from the original answer should work.