axis position and insets

I am having trouble getting insets to match the dimensions of my figure window. For any given figure I'd like to get the current position of axes and pin an inset to the upper left corner. Here is what I have tried:

 gp = get(gca,'position');   
 axes('position',[gp(1) gp(2)+(.75)*gp(4) .25*gp(3) .25*gp(4)])

Unfortunately, this doesn't snap to my current figure axes:

I can manually adjust the figure size after plotting the inset and then it looks good:

But the manual solution is clunky and unrepeatable. Is there a way to get this inset pinned a little better?

[dpb]

Seems to work here if just use the above.

Any chance you've got a container that causes the position to be relative to it instead?

Otherwise, think need more detail to reproduce the problem/symptoms.

[Chad Greene]

Ah, you're right, dpb, it does work with plain xy axes, but I am working with map axes. Unfortunately, there is no getm(gcm,'position'). Is there some equivalent? Matlab must know where it's putting those map axes.

Answer 1

[Chad Greene]

I found a perfect solution provided by Kelly Kearney. It's a wonderfully-written function and the syntax is straightforward:

 gp = plotboxpos(gca);
 axes('position',[gp(1) gp(2)+(.75)*gp(4) .25*gp(3) .25*gp(4)])