Why am I unable to zoom out of a figure by right-clicking on the figure window when the "zoom" property is "on" in MATLAB 7.0 (R14)?

In previous versions of MATLAB, I was able to zoom out of a figure simply by right-clicking on the figure when the "zoom" property is "on". Now, when I right-click on the figure, I receive several zoom options.

Answer 1

[MathWorks Support Team]

Starting from MATLAB 7.3 (R2006b), it is possible to use the RIGHTCLICKACTION property of the zoom object to revert to the old behavior of the using the mouse right-click to zoom out of a figure. The following example illustrates this:

surf(peaks)

h = zoom(gcf)

set(h,'rightclickaction','inversezoom')

If you are using a previous version of MATLAB, to work around this issue, hold down the Alt-key when left-clicking on the figure, and the figure will automatically be zoomed out.