Top x axis' labels outside of figure
22 views (last 30 days)
Show older comments
The label of the top x axis appears outside of the figure, how can this be fixed?
Also, for some reason I don't understand, "hold on + plot()" doesn't work in this case, I would like to be able to plot a vertical line but this doesn't appear on the figure either
figure1=figure(4)
axes1 = axes('Parent',figure1,'YScale','log','XScale','log','Layer','top');
grid(axes1,'on');
hold(axes1,'on');
[C,h]=contourf(peaks,[10],'LineColor','none');
clabel(C,h);
hold on %doesn't work
plot([10 10],[0 10],'--k','LineWidth',2) %doesn't work
axis tight;
axis([1 50 1 50])
xlabel('\lambda_x','Fontsize',20);
ylab=ylabel('y^+','Fontsize',20);
grid off
set(ylab, 'Units', 'Normalized', 'Position', [-0.1, 0.5, 0]);
set(gca,'linewidth',1.5,'FontSize',16)
colormap(flipud(gray(256)));
colorbar;
ax2 = axes('Position',axes1.Position,'YScale','log','XScale','log','XAxisLocation','top','YAxisLocation','right','Color','none','YTick',[]);
xla2=xlabel(ax2,'\lambda_x^+','Fontsize',20);
axis(ax2,[1*100 50*100 1*100 50*100])
set(ax2,'linewidth',1.5,'FontSize',16)
% Top x axis' label appears outside of figure
![](https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/uploaded_files/471437/image.jpeg)
2 Comments
Mischa Kim
on 27 Dec 2020
Carlos, how do you want the figure to look like? Is this for an app or a standalone figure?
Answers (2)
Image Analyst
on 27 Dec 2020
I've seen that before too, like when my title font size is too big. You can reduce the axes size to get it to fit by setting the 'InnerPosition', 'OuterPosition', or 'Position' property.
ax = gca
ax.units = 'normalized';
ax.Position = [0.1, 0.1, 0.7, 0.7]; % Adjust as needed to get the size and location correct.
8 Comments
Image Analyst
on 28 Dec 2020
I don't really know. I'm not going to experiment around with it anymore. Can you call tech support? They're open now.
Siddhant Desai
on 19 May 2022
I have faced a similar issue where the colorbar labels end up outside the plot area. I don't know how to automate the resizing so that everything fits and end up having to do it manually which is very cumbersome.
0 Comments
See Also
Categories
Find more on Interactive Control and Callbacks in Help Center and File Exchange
Community Treasure Hunt
Find the treasures in MATLAB Central and discover how the community can help you!
Start Hunting!