How can I specify a different set of positions for BOXPLOT labels in Statistics Toolbox 7.2 (R2009b)?

When I try to specify new positions for X-axis labels of a boxplot, I see that labels are mispositioned when I print the figure to a different format.

Answer 1

[MathWorks Support Team]

The ability to support user-defined positions for a BOXPLOT is not available in Statistics Toolbox 7.2 (R2009b).

The listener objects attached to the plot update the plot with adjusted positions when printing. The assumption here is that the original positions of the labels are not changed. However, if the original label positions are modified by the user, he can either delete the listener object or disable them before printing, so that an incorrect updating step does not occur:

ax = findobj(gcf,'type','axes')

    for j=1:length(ax)

        boxparent = getappdata(ax(j),'boxplothandle');

        listeners = getappdata(boxparent,'boxlisteners');

        % To disable the listener objects:

        cellfun(@(x) set(x,'Enabled','off'), listeners)

       % To delete:

       % cellfun(@(x) delete(x), listeners)

    end

Please note that the above script assumes 'gcf' returns the handle to the figure containing boxplots.