how to change figure properties?

Hello,

I opened two figures and I gave them names. I would like to change their properties not directly after I created them but a posteriori.

Here is an example of what I try to do:

fig1 = figure;
plot(1:10,1:10,'r+');
fig2 = figure;
plot(1:10,-1:-1:-10,'b+');
set(fig1,'xlabel','position')

But I get the error "The name 'xlabel' is not an accessible property for an instance of class 'figure'."

What should I do to have it working?

Thanks

Guillaume

Answer 1

[Adam]

xlabel is a property of the axes, not the figure

(I assume that is enough for you to solve the problem, if not I can expand it!)

[Guillaume]

Sorry but what should I write then?

[Adam]

There are a few ways you can do it, but maybe simplest is just something like:

fig1 = figure; axes1 = gca;
plot(1:10,1:10,'r+');
fig2 = figure; axes2 = gca;
plot(1:10,-1:-1:-10,'b+');
set(axes1,'xlabel','position')

I think that should work, though I don't have time right now to test it.

The other way that comes to mind is finding the axes as a child of the figure. but that is more complicated and not necessary when you can just store the axes handle.

[Guillaume]

What you wrote does not directly work but I found how to solve the problem:

set(get(axes1,'XLabel'),'String','position')

Thanks for your help!