Display axes outline
box on
displays the box outline around the current axes by setting their
Box
property to 'on'
. This property
value is the default for GeographicAxes
objects.
box off
removes the box outline around the current axes by setting their
Box
property to 'off'
. This property
value is the default for Axes
and
PolarAxes
objects.
box
toggles the display of the box outline.
Some Cartesian axes properties affect the appearance of the box outline. This table lists a subset of axes properties related to the box outline.
Axes Property | Description |
---|---|
Box | Display of box outline |
BoxStyle | Style of box outline |
XColor , YColor , ZColor | Box outline color in the x-axis, y-axis, and z-axis directions |
LineWidth | Width of box outline, tick marks, and grid lines |
Some polar axes properties affect the appearance
of the outline around the polar axes. If you are working with polar
axes, then the box
command controls the outline
display when the theta-axis limits do not span
360 degrees. This table lists a subset of polar axes properties related
to the outline.
PolarAxes Property | Description |
---|---|
Box | Display of full outline |
RColor , ThetaColor | Outline color |
LineWidth | Width of outline, tick marks, and grid lines |
Some geographic axes properties affect the appearance of the box outline. This table lists a subset of geographic axes properties related to the box outline.
GeographicAxes Property | Description |
---|---|
Box | Display of box outline |
AxisColor | Color of outline, tick values, and labels |
LineWidth | Width of box outline, tick marks, and grid lines |
The box
function sets the Box
property of the Axes
, PolarAxes
, or GeographicAxes
object to either 'on'
or
'off'
.