How to dynamically update figure ticks and labels while inspecting data

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I am often plotting data, then I want to zoom in/out to get a better understanding of smaller details within a bigger set of data. When I zoom in using the magnifying glass feature, it would be great if the axes updated. For example, if the x-axis goes from 0-10 in units of 1 increments, then I zoom into the section between x=1.1 and x=1.9, there is no information on the x-axis to indicate where I am anymore. Is there an easy way to deal with this?

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Daniel
Daniel on 29 Aug 2014
Edited: Daniel on 29 Aug 2014
I think I have answered my own question. This tool works really well for zooming while using datetick. I just put the .m file in the MATLAB search path, and everything worked flawlessly (after restarting MATLAB).

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Michael Haderlein
Michael Haderlein on 29 Aug 2014
Actually, it does update the ticks by default. You might have set the XTickMode to Manual, either directly or by setting the XTick property. So, if you enter
set(axes_handle,'XTickMode','auto')
you will bring this functionality back.

Daniel
Daniel on 29 Aug 2014
Indeed, you are right, Michael. I forgot to mention that most of my data is time series data, and I like to use the datetick so that I am looking at actual dates/times instead of just a days since year 0. I do this so often that I forgot that MATLAB does dynamically update for regular numbers. However, in my case, I might make a plot using:
plot(time,temperature);
xlabel('time (dd-mm-yy HH:MM)');ylabel('temperature (°C)')
datetick('x', 'dd-mm-yy HH:MM')
Do you know how I can dynamically update the x-axis in this case?

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