suplabel

Places text as a title, xlabel, or ylabel on a group of subplots.

Description

PLaces text as a title, xlabel, or ylabel on a group of subplots. Returns a handle to the label and a handle to the axis.

[ax,h]=suplabel(text,whichLabel,supAxes)

returns handles to both the axis and the label.

ax=suplabel(text,whichLabel,supAxes)

returns a handle to the axis only. suplabel(text) with one input argument assumes whichLabel='x'

whichLabel is any of 'x', 'y', or 't', specifying whether the text is to be the xlable, ylabel, or title respectively.
 
supAxes is an optional argument specifying the Position of the "super" axes surrounding the subplots. supAxes defaults to [.075 .075 .85 .85] specify supAxes if labels get chopped or overlay subplots

EXAMPLE:
   subplot(2,2,1);ylabel('ylabel1');title('title1')
   subplot(2,2,2);ylabel('ylabel2');title('title2')
   subplot(2,2,3);ylabel('ylabel3');xlabel('xlabel3')
   subplot(2,2,4);ylabel('ylabel4');xlabel('xlabel4')
   [ax,h1]=suplabel('super X label');
   [ax,h2]=suplabel('super Y label','y');
   [ax,h3]=suplabel('super Title' ,'t');
   set(h3,'FontSize',30)
 
  SEE ALSO: text, title, xlabel, ylabel, zlabel, subplot,
            suptitle (Matlab Central)

• MATLAB release: MATLAB 7 (R14)
• Other Files: license.txt, ; suplabel.m

[urs (us) schwarz]

1) nice little helper; 2) it would be more convenient if supaxes would default to the outer boundaries of all axes on the canvas if it is not defined by the user (see mtit on the FEX); 3) supaxes' default values do not correspond to those shown in the help section

[jon erickson]

Thank you--just what I was looking for! very easy to use. Just to follow up on comment 3) above, the default values are [0.08 0.08 0.84 0.84], not a major change.

[him s]

nopes..not working

[Pablo Velarde]

Excellent!

[pippo baudo]

 

[Chris Addison]

Exactly what I was looking for! Thanks for this.

[Tom Van Grootel]

Axes below the "Ghost" axes made by SUPLABEL are not editable (zoom, scale, rotate). Hint to improve this: 'HitTest' set to 'Off', but this still did not solve it.

[Pablo Pablo]

I can not rotate an image when I use this function.

[Pierrick Mialle]

 

[Jake Munster]

Useful tool, but as Tom Van Grotel said, I can't zoom in on the subplots! Setting 'HitTest' to 'Off' did not work =(

[Henry]

Good tool, but like all other comments, I cannot zoom/rotate the image afterwards.

[omzaz]

 

[omzaz]

potentially useful for me, but not until zoom/rotate issue is fixed.

[Scott Otterson]

A quick solution to a common problem. Zooming would be nice -- I haven't checked the underpinnings, but if anyone is interested in taking a look

http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/19314

decorates plots with extra labels and survives the zoom button

[Joe McGlinchy]

GREAT! works perfect thanks

[sophie neve]

I have aproblem with it : if I only do 4 subplot out of 6, for example 1,2,4,5 and not 3 and 6, the title is not centered any more.... sad :(

[sophie neve]

I have seen another think that is sad : no greek letter is allowed
Example :
suplabel('log_{10} (Re \epsilon *)','y');

does not write the epsilon, right?