How can I align text to the ylabel in a plot?

I would like to add text to a plot, in such a way that it maintains a fixed position relative to the ylabel. I tried with this code, but the text is not centered with respect to the label, and their relative position changes if I resize the figure (which I wouldn't want). Is there a way to do this?

figure
plot(1,1)
yh = ylabel('label')
set(yh,'Units','Normalized');
ylabPos = get(yh,'Position');
text(ylabPos(1),1,'text',  'Units','Normalized',  'HorizontalAlignment','center')

Alternatively, I could solve it by adding a second ylabel on the same axis, but I haven't found a way to do that either...

Thank you!

Answer 1

[Star Strider]

One approach —

figure
plot(1,1)
yh = ylabel('label');
set(yh,'Units','Normalized');
ylabPos = get(yh,'Position');
text(ylabPos(1),ylabPos(2),'text',  'Units','Normalized',  'HorizontalAlignment','center', 'Vert','top', 'Rotation',90)

If you want it above (to the left of) the ylabel, that would require re-defining ‘ylabPos(1)’.

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Answer 2

[Matt J]

figure
plot(1,1)
yh = ylabel('label');
set(yh,'Units','Normalized','HorizontalAlignment','center','VerticalAlignment','middle');

ylabPos = get(yh,'Position');

delete(yh);


text(ylabPos(1),ylabPos(2),'label',  'Units','Normalized',  'HorizontalAlignment',...
                           'center','VerticalAlignment','middle','Rotation',90)
text(ylabPos(1),1,'text',  'Units','Normalized',  'HorizontalAlignment','center','VerticalAlignment','middle')

[Alessandro Mancari]

Thanks, this is the configuration I had in mind, but with your code, if I extend the figure horizontally, 'label' and 'text' end up far from the y-axis. What I was trying to obtain is having them close to the axis no matter how I resize the figure (which is what the ylabel normally does). Or in short, I would need 'text' to behave like a label.

[Matt J]

I don't think that's possible, unfortunately.