Let me work, figure!

Fig replaces the built-in figure without stealing your focus. Setting properties is also available.
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Updated 29 Nov 2011

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For everyone that needs to plot something in a long loop, and still wants to use the computer in meanwhile, without new figures stealing your keyboard focus and disrupting your work-flow, this file emulates the built-in figure command, but if the desired figure handle already exists, it will just set it as the current figure, without making it visible or on top of other windows.

It's the same as issuing a set(0,'CurrentFigure',h) command, but encapsulated using the same syntax as figure.

Usage:

fig(123);
fig(456, 'Name', 'Figure Title');
h = fig('Name', 'New figure');
fig(h, 'Name', 'New Name');

Cite As

Rafael Oliveira (2024). Let me work, figure! (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/33987-let-me-work-figure), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

MATLAB Release Compatibility
Created with R2010a
Compatible with any release
Platform Compatibility
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Inspired by: "Smart"/Silent Figure

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Version Published Release Notes
1.0.0.0