Is there a way to set figure default to "undocked" when double-clicking on a .fig file?

When I double-click on a .fig file, it automatically appears in a "docked" tab in a separate figure container (not in the working window). The text placements are incorrect unless I "undock" the figure from the tab in the container. Is there a way to set a default for the figure to not appear as a tab in a figure container when I double-click on the .fig file?

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

set(groot, 'defaultFigureWindowStyle', 'normal')

possibly ?

[Clay Fulcher]

Thanks Walter, that did the job.

When I "get(groot)" I don't see the property 'defaultFigureWindowStyle'. I'll search help on "groot" and see how I can list all the properties.

[Clay Fulcher]

I don't see the "accept" button, nor the "thumbs-up" to accept your answer!

[Benjamin Kraus]

@Clay Fulcher: set(groot, 'defaultFigureWindowStyle', 'normal') is leveraging the graphics "Defaults system" described on this page: https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/creating_plots/default-property-values.html

The name defaultFigureWindowStyle translates to "Make the default value of the WindowStyle property on Figure objects be 'normal'. You can read the documentation for the WindowStyle property here: https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/matlab.ui.figure.html