Figure Window Always on Top

Avoid obscuring figure windows by ensuring they always remain on top.

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John Anderson (2026). Figure Window Always on Top (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/8642-figure-window-always-on-top), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

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Inspired: WinOnTop

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MATLAB Release Compatibility

  • Compatible with any release

Platform Compatibility

  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux
Version Published Release Notes Action
1.0.0

A couple of improvements have been made thanks to Ryan J Ollos. You are now able to toggle the winontop state and the position of the window is left unchanged during operation (rather annoying feature of previous version)

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