plotboxpos

Returns the position of a plotted axis region

Description

This function returns the position of the plotted region of an axis, which may differ from the actual axis position, depending on the axis limits, data aspect ratio, and plot box aspect ratio. The position is returned in the same units as the those used to define the axis itself. This function can only be used for a 2D plot.

Example:

f1 = figure('Position', [50 50 300 300]);
a1 = axes('Position', [.25 .25 .5 .5], ...
         'DataAspectRatio', [10 1 1], ...
         'XLim', [0 100], ...
         'YLim', [0 20]);
pos = plotboxpos(gca);
f2 = figure('Position', [50 50 300 300]);
a2 = axes('Position', pos);

• MATLAB release: MATLAB 7.0.4 (R14SP2)

[Carlos Moffat]

Kelly, getInUnits does not exist, as far as I can tall, as a MATLAB function.

[Kelly Kearney]

Carlos, getInUnits.m is available in the File Exchange: (http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/loadFile.do?objectId=8898&objectType=file). Sorry for the confusion; I will update the documentation on this page to clarify this.

[Jakob]

 

[Oscar Hartogensis]

 

[dk]

 

[François Beauducel]

Very useful function, thanks.
It's missing only a little test like:

if nargin < 1
   h = gca;
end

and your function becomes perfect !
Thanks again.

[Brian Emery]

Finds the position of the axes after modifying the DataAspectRatio and PlotBoxAspectRatio. This is exactly what I need, thanks!