The ability to plot multiple signals on a plot and then use the plot browser to interactively control which ones are displayed has been one of the most useful features of the plotting tools and many of my scripts embed the command to open it after results analysis and plotting. It's been removed in 2025A with the comment that the Property Inspector provides the alternative. It doesn't. Having to go back into the menu to select the plot edit features to get to the Property Inspector (which doesn't provide an efficient alternative to the plot browser) has made the workflow very inefficient. Please bring it back a.s.a.p. !!!!
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Thank you Adam for your response.
This issue has been raised as Technical Support Case #07862809
The proposal in the answers thread does not resolve the inefficiency that this change causes. I have explained this in the correspondence for the support case, reproduced below:
"The changes made make the workflow inefficient. With R2024B and prior, it was possible to manipulate the plot's pan, zoom and datatip tools as well as the visibility selections without needing to go into the menus. This provided a simple and elegant UI with minimal keyclicks preventing a break of concentration on the analysis being performed.
A trivial example:
The new changes don't allow for this. Opening the same trivial sample plot in R2025A with the property inspector opened it doesn't present the datatips, zoom and pan selections.
To get to these, you have to deselect 'Select & Plot Edit' which immediately removes the ability to control the visibility of a line.
To restore it, it requires two actions, one to reselect the 'Select & Plot Edit' and then the 'More Properties' before driving back through the Property Inspector selections to get return to the line's visibility selection.
Note also I have to also pin the top menu which then removes space that the actual plot could take.
When using these tools on a daily basis, this is unnecessarily irksome."
Best regards
Nigel
Thanks for taking the time to send those details to technical support!
This is addressed in this Answers thread which describes how to use the property inspector to interactively select graphics objects. Also, be sure to read the bottom of my answer requesting for feedback on what features are missing from the plot browser.
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