Thread Subject: R2009a: Setting GridLines Color Different to Axis Color...

Greetings!

I've read the bulletin:
http://www.mathworks.com/support/solutions/data/1-1PAYMC.html?solution=1-1PAYMC)

and it states: "... This enhancement has been incorporated in Release 2008a (R2008a)."
What is it?

Could you help me to figure out the way to set GridLines Color different to Axis Color please?

On Jun 24, 10:25 am, "Andrey Kazak" <A...@nospam.ru> wrote:
> Greetings!
>
> I've read the bulletin:http://www.mathworks.com/support/solutions/data/1-1PAYMC.html?solutio...)
>
> and it states: "... This enhancement has been incorporated in Release 2008a (R2008a)."
> What is it?
>
> Could you help me to figure out the way to set GridLines Color different to Axis Color please?


Did you not read the whole bulletin?...
Try this.
c_axes = copyobj(gca,gcf);
set(c_axes, 'color', 'r', 'xcolor', 'y', 'xgrid', 'off', 'ycolor','b',
'ygrid','off');

-Nathan

On Jun 24, 3:27 pm, Nathan <ngrec...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jun 24, 10:25 am, "Andrey Kazak" <A...@nospam.ru> wrote:
>
> > Greetings!
>
> > I've read the bulletin:http://www.mathworks.com/support/solutions/data/1-1PAYMC.html?solutio...)
>
> > and it states: "... This enhancement has been incorporated in Release 2008a (R2008a)."
> > What is it?
>
> > Could you help me to figure out the way to set GridLines Color different to Axis Color please?
>
> Did you not read the whole bulletin?...
> Try this.
> c_axes = copyobj(gca,gcf);
> set(c_axes, 'color', 'r', 'xcolor', 'y', 'xgrid', 'off', 'ycolor','b',
> 'ygrid','off');
>
> -Nathan

Oops, left off a part.

ezplot('x')
grid on
set(gca,'Xcolor','r')
c_axes = copyobj(gca,gcf);
set(c_axes, 'color', 'none', 'xcolor', 'y', 'xgrid', 'off',
'ycolor','b', 'ygrid','off');

Play with that and get the colors you want.
-Nathan

Nathan <ngreco32@gmail.com> wrote in message <d90c7cfc-d37d-4e34-b215-dee128a2c437@y4g2000prf.googlegroups.com>...
> On Jun 24, 3:27?pm, Nathan <ngrec...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Jun 24, 10:25?am, "Andrey Kazak" <A...@nospam.ru> wrote:
> >
> > > Greetings!
> >
> > > I've read the bulletin:http://www.mathworks.com/support/solutions/data/1-1PAYMC.html?solutio...)
> >
> > > and it states: "... This enhancement has been incorporated in Release 2008a (R2008a)."
> > > What is it?
> >
> > > Could you help me to figure out the way to set GridLines Color different to Axis Color please?
> >
> > Did you not read the whole bulletin?...
> > Try this.
> > c_axes = copyobj(gca,gcf);
> > set(c_axes, 'color', 'r', 'xcolor', 'y', 'xgrid', 'off', 'ycolor','b',
> > 'ygrid','off');
> >
> > -Nathan
>
> Oops, left off a part.
>
> ezplot('x')
> grid on
> set(gca,'Xcolor','r')
> c_axes = copyobj(gca,gcf);
> set(c_axes, 'color', 'none', 'xcolor', 'y', 'xgrid', 'off',
> 'ycolor','b', 'ygrid','off');
>
> Play with that and get the colors you want.
> -Nathan

Thank you, Nathan!

Of course I've seen this information, but what is the "enhancement" method mentioned in the bulletin?

Any new on the topic?

Nathan wrote
> Try this.
> c_axes = copyobj(gca,gcf);
> set(c_axes, ...

Looks pretty cryptic to me. One shouldn't have to resort to such cryptic commands for such commonplace tasks. Assuming you are creating 2D plots, an alternative to consider is the "plt" function from the file exchange. (My creation, I'm proud to admit.) For one thing, the default grid color is much more subtle and reasonable so you may never be possessed to change it. But if you do want to change it, simply use the 'GRIDc' argument as spelled out in the help file. And of course I wouldn't have done anything as silly as linking the grid color in any way to the x or y axis ticks or labels. Also plt works the same in any version of Matlab released within the last 8 years.

If you try plt, I think you will find that one of its strongest advantages over the native "plot" is the well organized help file which clearly explains all the plotting features (with examples!). With plt you won't have to become a handle graphics expert to deal with the poorly documented and cryptic auxiliary functions such as plotyy, plotyyy, etc.

~Paul

"Andrey Kazak" <AK@nospam.ru> wrote in message
news:h209if$f7g$1@fred.mathworks.com...

*snip*

> Of course I've seen this information, but what is the "enhancement" method
> mentioned in the bulletin?

I'm pretty sure that means the information given in that document was
incorporated into the documentation in release R2008a.

--
Steve Lord
slord@mathworks.com

"Steven Lord" <slord@mathworks.com> wrote in message <h2rgqj$3pk$1@fred.mathworks.com>...
>
> "Andrey Kazak" <AK@nospam.ru> wrote in message
> news:h209if$f7g$1@fred.mathworks.com...
>
> *snip*
>
> > Of course I've seen this information, but what is the "enhancement" method
> > mentioned in the bulletin?
>
> I'm pretty sure that means the information given in that document was
> incorporated into the documentation in release R2008a.
>
> --
> Steve Lord
> slord@mathworks.com
>

The strange thing I see...
I cannot find the mentioned code in MATLAB help. However could you please look at the following:

http://www.mathworks.com/support/solutions/data/1-1PAYMC.html?solutio...)
(updated on 06 Apr 2009)
and
http://www.mathworks.com/support/solutions/en/data/1-1PAYMC/?solution=1-1PAYMC
(updated on Wednesday, July 1, 2009)

The older one states that "This enhancement has been incorporated in Release 2008a (R2008a)" while the newer one lacks for this statement...
How should one understand this?