Data Cursor on Mouse Move

Display and update the pixel value from image in the figure title bar on mouse movement.
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Updated 11 Jun 2012

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Display and update the pixel value from image in the figure title bar on mouse movement.

Usage:
z=rand(10,10);
h = image(z)
set(gcf,'WindowButtonMotionFcn', {@getPixelOnMouseMove,h});

Now move the mouse over the image and see the pixel value in the figure title bar.

Bugs and comments are welcome.

Cite As

Durga Lal Shrestha (2024). Data Cursor on Mouse Move (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/32900-data-cursor-on-mouse-move), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

MATLAB Release Compatibility
Created with R2010a
Compatible with any release
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Version Published Release Notes
1.2.0.0

- Update with overobj3 subfunction which returns handle of object that the pointer is over.
- Third argument (imagePlot) is optional, in this case overobj3 subfunction returns the handle of image that the pointer is over.

1.1.0.0

Bug fixed on subfunction "closest" and some comments are added.

1.0.0.0