allowaxestogrow

Version 1.7.0.0 (3.42 KB) by Matt Caywood
With one click, zoom axes for better visibility.
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Updated 15 May 2009

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What if you have a number of tiny subplots or images in a figure window and would like to be able to visually inspect them?

Call allowaxestogrow(f) on a figure f with any number of sub-axes.

Then, whenever one of the plots or images is clicked, it immediately grows to the size of the full window (or a pre-set size).

When clicked again, it returns to its original position.

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Matt Caywood (2026). allowaxestogrow (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/7867-allowaxestogrow), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

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1.7.0.0

Increased compatibility with others' graphics scripts by using appdata, single button-down function.
1.6.0.0

Work around Matlab bug in which figure plots are created in.
1.5.0.0

Try to preserve plot order better; Preserve plot aspect ratio. (Version 0.31)
1.4.0.0

Allows user to set predefined size for zoomed plot; colorbars finally work well.
Much simplified by using invisible patches to trap clicks. Now requires Matlab's OpenGL renderer which may cause side effects on some older systems.
1.0.0.0

Work around reported bug when axis type is a cell array.

T W, I can't figure out how to reproduce this bug. Please contact me by email if you have a test case I can use.

Also, add click support to patches.