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Display Cursor Location

by Rodney Thomson

29 Jul 2008 (Updated 30 Jul 2008)

Code covered by BSD License

Display cursor coordinates within a plot axes window

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Description

Display the current cursor coordinates within the bounds of a plot axes.

Assigned as a WindowButtonMotionFcn callback function. Only updates when mouse is moved over plot contents.

To use (See screenshot):

t = linspace(-5,5);
y = sinc(t);
f = figure;
plot(t, y, 'r');

set(f, 'WindowButtonMotionFcn', @(obj, event)cursorLocation(obj, event, 'BottomLeft', ' X: %.3f\n Y: %.3f', 'r'))

For more information:
http://iheartmatlab.blogspot.com/2008/07/display-cursor-coordinates.html

MATLAB release

MATLAB 7.1.0 (R14SP3)

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Tag	Applied By	Date/Time
annotation	Rodney Thomson	22 Oct 2008 10:12:16
customization	Rodney Thomson	22 Oct 2008 10:12:16
windowbuttonmotionfcn	Rodney Thomson	22 Oct 2008 10:12:16
plot	Rodney Thomson	22 Oct 2008 10:12:16
display	Rodney Thomson	22 Oct 2008 10:12:16
cursor	Rodney Thomson	22 Oct 2008 10:12:16
cursor location	Rodney Thomson	22 Oct 2008 10:12:16

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