Making a GUI to zoom in on x-axis range

I am looking to make a GUI where the user for this program can specify a range such as June to August and it will zoom in on that range? Is this possible? Any examples are appreaciated

Answer 1

[Cris LaPierre]

A few options I can think of.

1. Have them use the axes toolbar. It already contains tools for zooming in and out.
2. Have them enter the dates somehow, then use those to set the XLim properties of your axes
3. Add 2 sliders, one that sets the min XLim value, and on to set the max XLim value

You can find a list of the properties you can set for a UIAxes here.

Answer 2

[Arthur Roué]

If you are in R2018a+, you can use uidatepicker component for user to chose a date.

Then refresh XLim property of your axes in uidatepicker ValueChangedFcn callback.

Here some lines to begin with

% Figure handle
hFig = uifigure()

% Axe handle
hAx = uiaxes(hFig, )

% Create date picker
hDatePicker = uidatepicker(hFig, 'ValueChangedFcn', @yourCallback);

function yourCallback(src, evt)
    hAx.XLim = ..
end

[Austin Matuszewski]

does something go next to hFIG in the Axe handle?

[Arthur Roué]

Any property that you want to change. Here see documentation uiaxes

hAxe = uiaxes(parent, 'Property', Value)