octave: Axes Properties
15.3.3.3 Axes Properties
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The ‘axes’ properties are:
‘__modified__’: "off" | {"on"}
‘activepositionproperty’: {"outerposition"} | "position"
Specify which of "position" or "outerposition" properties takes
DONTPRINTYET precedence when axes annotations extent changes. 
position property XREFaxesposition, and *noteDONTPRINTYET precedence when axes annotations extent changes.
position property XREFaxesposition, and
outerposition property XREFaxesposition.
‘alim’: def. ‘[0 1]’
Transparency is not yet implemented for axes objects. ‘alim’ is
unused.
‘alimmode’: {"auto"} | "manual"
‘ambientlightcolor’: def. ‘[1 1 1]’
‘ambientlightcolor’ is unused.
‘beingdeleted’: {"off"} | "on"
‘box’: {"off"} | "on"
Control whether the axes has a surrounding box.
‘boxstyle’: {"back"} | "full"
For 3-D axes, control whether the "full" box is drawn or only the 3
"back" axes
‘busyaction’: "cancel" | {"queue"}
‘buttondownfcn’: string | function handle, def. ‘[](0x0)’
For information on how to write graphics listener functions see
Callbacks section Callbacks.
‘cameraposition’: three-element vector, def. ‘[0.50000 0.50000 9.16025]’
‘camerapositionmode’: {"auto"} | "manual"
‘cameratarget’: three-element vector, def. ‘[0.50000 0.50000 0.50000]’
‘cameratargetmode’: {"auto"} | "manual"
‘cameraupvector’: three-element vector, def. ‘[-0 1 0]’
‘cameraupvectormode’: {"auto"} | "manual"
‘cameraviewangle’: scalar, def. ‘6.6086’
‘cameraviewanglemode’: {"auto"} | "manual"
‘children’ (read-only): vector of graphics handles, def. ‘[](0x1)’
Graphics handles of the axes’s children.
‘clim’: two-element vector, def. ‘[0 1]’
Define the limits for the color axis of image children. Setting
‘clim’ also forces the ‘climmode’ property to be set to "manual".
pcolor function XREFpcolor.
‘climmode’: {"auto"} | "manual"
‘clipping’: "off" | {"on"}
‘clipping’ is unused.
‘clippingstyle’: {"3dbox"} | "rectangle"
‘clippingstyle’ is unused.
‘color’: colorspec, def. ‘[1 1 1]’
Color of the axes background. colorspec Colors.
‘colororder’: N-by-3 RGB matrix, def. 7-by-3 double
RGB values used by plot function for automatic line coloring.
‘colororderindex’: def. ‘1’
‘colororderindex’ is unused.
‘createfcn’: string | function handle, def. ‘[](0x0)’
Callback function executed immediately after axes has been created.
Function is set by using default property on root object, e.g.,
‘set (0, "defaultaxescreatefcn", 'disp ("axes created!")')’.
For information on how to write graphics listener functions see
Callbacks section Callbacks.
‘currentpoint’: 2-by-3 matrix, def. 2-by-3 double
Matrix ‘[xf, yf, zf; xb, yb, zb]’ which holds the coordinates (in
axes data units) of the point over which the mouse pointer was when
the mouse button was pressed. If a mouse callback function is
defined, ‘currentpoint’ holds the pointer coordinates at the time
the mouse button was pressed. For 3-D plots, the first row of the
returned matrix specifies the point nearest to the current camera
position and the second row the furthest point. The two points
forms a line which is perpendicular to the screen.
‘dataaspectratio’: three-element vector, def. ‘[1 1 1]’
Specify the relative height and width of the data displayed in the
axes. Setting ‘dataaspectratio’ to ‘[1, 2]’ causes the length of
one unit as displayed on the x-axis to be the same as the length of
2 units on the y-axis. daspect function XREFdaspect.
Setting ‘dataaspectratio’ also forces the ‘dataaspectratiomode’
property to be set to "manual".
‘dataaspectratiomode’: {"auto"} | "manual"
‘deletefcn’: string | function handle, def. ‘[](0x0)’
Callback function executed immediately before axes is deleted.
For information on how to write graphics listener functions see
Callbacks section Callbacks.
‘drawmode’: "fast" | {"normal"}
‘fontangle’: "italic" | {"normal"}
Control whether the font is italic or normal.
‘fontname’: string, def. "*"
Name of the font used for axes annotations.
‘fontsize’: scalar, def. ‘10’
Size of the font used for axes annotations.
fontunits property XREFaxesfontunits.
‘fontsmoothing’: "off" | {"on"}
‘fontsmoothing’ is unused.
‘fontunits’: "centimeters" | "inches" | "normalized" | "pixels" | {"points"}
Unit used to interpret ‘fontsize’ property.
‘fontweight’: "bold" | {"normal"}
Control variant of base font used: bold, demi, light, normal.
‘gridalpha’: def. ‘0.15000’
Transparency is not yet implemented for axes objects. ‘gridalpha’
is unused.
‘gridalphamode’: {"auto"} | "manual"
‘gridalphamode’ is unused.
‘gridcolor’: def. ‘[0.15000 0.15000 0.15000]’
‘gridcolor’ is unused.
‘gridcolormode’: {"auto"} | "manual"
‘gridcolormode’ is unused.
‘gridlinestyle’: {"-"} | "–" | "-." | ":" | "none"
‘handlevisibility’: "callback" | "off" | {"on"}
If ‘handlevisibility’ is "off", the axes’s handle is not visible in
its parent’s "children" property.
‘hittest’: "off" | {"on"}
‘interruptible’: "off" | {"on"}
‘labelfontsizemultiplier’: def. ‘1.1000’
Ratio between the x/y/zlabel fontsize and the tick label fontsize
‘layer’: {"bottom"} | "top"
Control whether the axes is drawn below child graphics objects
(ticks, labels, etc. covered by plotted objects) or above.
‘linestyleorder’: def. "-"
‘linestyleorder’ is unused.
‘linestyleorderindex’: def. ‘1’
‘linestyleorderindex’ is unused.
‘linewidth’: def. ‘0.50000’
Width of the main axes lines
‘minorgridalpha’: def. ‘0.25000’
Transparency is not yet implemented for axes objects.
‘minorgridalpha’ is unused.
‘minorgridalphamode’: {"auto"} | "manual"
‘minorgridalphamode’ is unused.
‘minorgridcolor’: def. ‘[0.10000 0.10000 0.10000]’
‘minorgridcolor’ is unused.
‘minorgridcolormode’: {"auto"} | "manual"
‘minorgridcolormode’ is unused.
‘minorgridlinestyle’: "-" | "–" | "-." | {":"} | "none"
‘mousewheelzoom’: scalar in the range (0, 1), def. ‘0.50000’
Fraction of axes limits to zoom for each wheel movement.
‘nextplot’: "add" | {"replace"} | "replacechildren"
‘nextplot’ is used by high level plotting functions to decide what
to do with graphics objects already present in the axes.
newplot function XREFnewplot. The state of ‘nextplot’ is
typically controlled using the ‘hold’ function.
hold function XREFhold.
‘outerposition’: four-element vector, def. ‘[0 0 1 1]’
Specify the position of the plot including titles, axes, and
legend. The four elements of the vector are the coordinates of the
lower left corner and width and height of the plot, in units
normalized to the width and height of the plot window. For
example, ‘[0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5]’ sets the lower left corner of the
axes at (0.2, 0.3) and the width and height to be 0.4 and 0.5
respectively. position property XREFaxesposition.
‘parent’: graphics handle
Handle of the parent graphics object.
‘pickableparts’: "all" | "none" | {"visible"}
‘pickableparts’ is unused.
‘plotboxaspectratio’: def. ‘[1 1 1]’
pbaspect function XREFpbaspect. Setting
‘plotboxaspectratio’ also forces the ‘plotboxaspectratiomode’
property to be set to "manual".
‘plotboxaspectratiomode’: {"auto"} | "manual"
‘position’: four-element vector, def. ‘[0.13000 0.11000 0.77500 0.81500]’
Specify the position of the plot excluding titles, axes, and
legend. The four elements of the vector are the coordinates of the
lower left corner and width and height of the plot, in units
normalized to the width and height of the plot window. For
example, ‘[0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5]’ sets the lower left corner of the
axes at (0.2, 0.3) and the width and height to be 0.4 and 0.5
respectively. outerposition property XREFaxesouterposition.
‘projection’: {"orthographic"} | "perspective"
‘projection’ is unused.
‘selected’: {"off"} | "on"
‘selectionhighlight’: "off" | {"on"}
‘sortmethod’: "childorder" | {"depth"}
‘sortmethod’ is unused.
‘tag’: string, def. ""
A user-defined string to label the graphics object.
‘tickdir’: {"in"} | "out"
Control whether axes tick marks project "in" to the plot box or
"out". Setting ‘tickdir’ also forces the ‘tickdirmode’ property to
be set to "manual".
‘tickdirmode’: {"auto"} | "manual"
‘ticklabelinterpreter’: "latex" | "none" | {"tex"}
Control the way x/y/zticklabel properties are interpreted.
Use of the interpreter property XREFinterpreterusage.
‘ticklength’: two-element vector, def. ‘[0.010000 0.025000]’
Two-element vector ‘[2Dlen 3Dlen]’ specifying the length of the
tickmarks relative to the longest visible axis.
‘tightinset’ (read-only): four-element vector, def. ‘[0.042857 0.042868 0.000000 0.023810]’
Size of the ‘[left bottom right top]’ margins around the axes that
enclose labels and title annotations.
‘title’: graphics handle
Graphics handle of the title text object.
‘titlefontsizemultiplier’: positive scalar, def. ‘1.1000’
Ratio between the title fontsize and the tick label fontsize
‘titlefontweight’: {"bold"} | "normal"
Control variant of base font used for the axes title.
‘type’ (read-only): string
Class name of the graphics object. ‘type’ is always "axes"
‘uicontextmenu’: graphics handle, def. ‘[](0x0)’
Graphics handle of the uicontextmenu object that is currently
associated to this axes object.
‘units’: "centimeters" | "characters" | "inches" | {"normalized"} | "pixels" | "points"
Units used to interpret the "position", "outerposition", and
"tightinset" properties.
‘userdata’: Any Octave data, def. ‘[](0x0)’
User-defined data to associate with the graphics object.
‘view’: two-element vector, def. ‘[0 90]’
Two-element vector ‘[azimuth elevation]’ specifying the viewpoint
for three-dimensional plots
‘visible’: "off" | {"on"}
If ‘visible’ is "off", the axes is not rendered on screen.
‘xaxislocation’: {"bottom"} | "origin" | "top" | "zero"
Control the x axis location.
‘xcolor’: {colorspec} | "none", def. ‘[0.15000 0.15000 0.15000]’
Color of the x-axis. colorspec Colors. Setting ‘xcolor’
also forces the ‘xcolormode’ property to be set to "manual".
‘xcolormode’: {"auto"} | "manual"
‘xdir’: {"normal"} | "reverse"
Direction of the x axis: "normal" is left to right.
‘xgrid’: {"off"} | "on"
Control whether major x grid lines are displayed.
‘xlabel’: graphics handle
Graphics handle of the x label text object.
‘xlim’: two-element vector, def. ‘[0 1]’
Two-element vector ‘[xmin xmax]’ specifying the limits for the
x-axis. Setting ‘xlim’ also forces the ‘xlimmode’ property to be
set to "manual". xlim function XREFxlim.
‘xlimmode’: {"auto"} | "manual"
‘xminorgrid’: {"off"} | "on"
Control whether minor x grid lines are displayed.
‘xminortick’: {"off"} | "on"
‘xscale’: {"linear"} | "log"
‘xtick’: vector
Position of x tick marks. Setting ‘xtick’ also forces the
‘xtickmode’ property to be set to "manual".
‘xticklabel’: string | cell array of strings, def. 1-by-6 cell
Labels of x tick marks. Setting ‘xticklabel’ also forces the
‘xticklabelmode’ property to be set to "manual".
‘xticklabelmode’: {"auto"} | "manual"
‘xticklabelrotation’: def. ‘0’
‘xticklabelrotation’ is unused.
‘xtickmode’: {"auto"} | "manual"
‘yaxislocation’: {"left"} | "origin" | "right" | "zero"
Control the y-axis location.
‘ycolor’: {colorspec} | "none", def. ‘[0.15000 0.15000 0.15000]’
Color of the y-axis. colorspec Colors.
‘ycolormode’: {"auto"} | "manual"
‘ydir’: {"normal"} | "reverse"
Direction of the y-axis: "normal" is bottom to top.
‘ygrid’: {"off"} | "on"
Control whether major y grid lines are displayed.
‘ylabel’: graphics handle
Graphics handle of the y label text object.
‘ylim’: two-element vector, def. ‘[0 1]’
Two-element vector ‘[ymin ymax]’ specifying the limits for the
y-axis. Setting ‘ylim’ also forces the ‘ylimmode’ property to be
set to "manual". ylim function XREFylim.
‘ylimmode’: {"auto"} | "manual"
‘yminorgrid’: {"off"} | "on"
Control whether minor y grid lines are displayed.
‘yminortick’: {"off"} | "on"
‘yscale’: {"linear"} | "log"
‘ytick’: vector
Position of y tick marks. Setting ‘ytick’ also forces the
‘ytickmode’ property to be set to "manual".
‘yticklabel’: string | cell array of strings, def. 1-by-6 cell
Labels of y tick marks. Setting ‘yticklabel’ also forces the
‘yticklabelmode’ property to be set to "manual".
‘yticklabelmode’: {"auto"} | "manual"
‘yticklabelrotation’: def. ‘0’
‘yticklabelrotation’ is unused.
‘ytickmode’: {"auto"} | "manual"
‘zcolor’: {colorspec} | "none", def. ‘[0.15000 0.15000 0.15000]’
Color of the z-axis. colorspec Colors.
‘zcolormode’: {"auto"} | "manual"
‘zdir’: {"normal"} | "reverse"
‘zgrid’: {"off"} | "on"
Control whether major z grid lines are displayed.
‘zlabel’: graphics handle
Graphics handle of the z label text object.
‘zlim’: two-element vector, def. ‘[0 1]’
Two-element vector ‘[zmin zmaz]’ specifying the limits for the
z-axis. Setting ‘zlim’ also forces the ‘zlimmode’ property to be
set to "manual". zlim function XREFzlim.
‘zlimmode’: {"auto"} | "manual"
‘zminorgrid’: {"off"} | "on"
Control whether minor z grid lines are displayed.
‘zminortick’: {"off"} | "on"
‘zscale’: {"linear"} | "log"
‘ztick’: vector
Position of z tick marks. Setting ‘ztick’ also forces the
‘ztickmode’ property to be set to "manual".
‘zticklabel’: string | cell array of strings, def. 1-by-6 cell
Labels of z tick marks. Setting ‘zticklabel’ also forces the
‘zticklabelmode’ property to be set to "manual".
‘zticklabelmode’: {"auto"} | "manual"
‘zticklabelrotation’: def. ‘0’
‘zticklabelrotation’ is unused.
‘ztickmode’: {"auto"} | "manual"
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