yyaxis tools: yyzoom, yytick, yyaxtoolbar

enhanced zooming, ticks, and interactive exploration of yyaxis charts

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This submission contains the following tools to facilitate the interaction with yyaxis charts:
  • yyzoom – allow zooming and panning both y-axes of a yyaxis plot simultaneously
  • yytick – align ticks on both y-axes of a yyaxis plot with nice values for better chart readability
  • yyaxtoolbar – extended axes toolbar for yyaxis charts with interactive support for yyzoom & yytick
Requires yyaxis, introduced in R2016a. Tested with R2022a.

Cite As

Andres (2026). yyaxis tools: yyzoom, yytick, yyaxtoolbar (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/102945-yyaxis-tools-yyzoom-yytick-yyaxtoolbar), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

Acknowledgements

Inspired: addy_axis

General Information

MATLAB Release Compatibility

  • Compatible with R2016a and later releases

Platform Compatibility

  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux
Version Published Release Notes Action
3.03

Another fix for pre-R2024a AppDesigner yyaxis charts that do not support the datacursor (data tip) button in the axes toolbar. Thanks again to Ram Prasanth.

3.02

minor correction of Contents.m

3.01

The updated yyaxtoolbar should now work with yyaxis charts in AppDesigner, too. My thanks to Ram Prasanth for pointing out the problem.

3.00

· yyaxtoolbar instead of yyzoom plus "toolbar" option
· improved documentation

2.0.1

updated image

2.0

- added yytick to align the ticks of both y-axes
- improved axes toolbar with support for yytick

1.0.1

improved handling of negative limits with logarithmic scale

1.0.0