Change size and location of plot area in plot window

How do I move and resize the actual figure size (with the axis and data) within the popup window that appears when plotting?

I want to make the popup figure window full screen, which I do through the "position" method, but I don't know how to resize and reposition the actual figure within the window.

[Walter Roberson]

https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/102219-how-do-i-make-a-figure-full-screen-programmatically-in-matlab

Answer 1

[Constantino Carlos Reyes-Aldasoro]

You need to learn how to use the handles. Instead of just plotting things, grab the handle to the figure and the axes and then you can modify the properties of each handle. This will be limited here but try this in your own computer and look for the property "position"

h1=gcf;
h2=plot(1:10,sin(1:10));

get(h1)

                 Alphamap: [0 0.0159 0.0317 0.0476 0.0635 0.0794 0.0952 0.1111 0.1270 0.1429 0.1587 0.1746 0.1905 0.2063 0.2222 0.2381 0.2540 0.2698 0.2857 0.3016 0.3175 0.3333 0.3492 0.3651 … ]
             BeingDeleted: off
               BusyAction: 'queue'
            ButtonDownFcn: ''
                 Children: [1×1 Axes]
                 Clipping: on
          CloseRequestFcn: 'closereq'
                    Color: [1 1 1]
                 Colormap: [256×3 double]
              ContextMenu: [0×0 GraphicsPlaceholder]
                CreateFcn: ''
              CurrentAxes: [1×1 Axes]
         CurrentCharacter: ''
            CurrentObject: [0×0 GraphicsPlaceholder]
             CurrentPoint: [0 0]
                DeleteFcn: ''
             DockControls: on
                 FileName: ''
        GraphicsSmoothing: on
         HandleVisibility: 'on'
                     Icon: ''
            InnerPosition: [671 558 577 433]
            IntegerHandle: on
            Interruptible: on
           InvertHardcopy: on
              KeyPressFcn: ''
            KeyReleaseFcn: ''
                  MenuBar: 'none'
                     Name: ''
                 NextPlot: 'add'
                   Number: 1
              NumberTitle: on
            OuterPosition: [671 554 577 458]
         PaperOrientation: 'portrait'
            PaperPosition: [1.3359 3.3131 5.8283 4.3737]
        PaperPositionMode: 'auto'
                PaperSize: [8.5000 11]
                PaperType: 'usletter'
               PaperUnits: 'inches'
                   Parent: [1×1 Root]
                  Pointer: 'arrow'
        PointerShapeCData: [16×16 double]
      PointerShapeHotSpot: [1 1]
                 Position: [671 558 577 433]
                 Renderer: 'opengl'
             RendererMode: 'auto'
                   Resize: on
               Scrollable: off
            SelectionType: 'normal'
           SizeChangedFcn: ''
                      Tag: ''
                  ToolBar: 'none'
                     Type: 'figure'
                    Units: 'pixels'
                 UserData: []
                  Visible: off
      WindowButtonDownFcn: ''
    WindowButtonMotionFcn: ''
        WindowButtonUpFcn: ''
        WindowKeyPressFcn: ''
      WindowKeyReleaseFcn: ''
     WindowScrollWheelFcn: ''
              WindowState: 'normal'
              WindowStyle: 'normal'
                 XDisplay: ':1.0'

get(h2)

      AffectAutoLimits: on
    AlignVertexCenters: off
            Annotation: [1×1 matlab.graphics.eventdata.Annotation]
          BeingDeleted: off
            BusyAction: 'queue'
         ButtonDownFcn: ''
              Children: [0×0 GraphicsPlaceholder]
              Clipping: on
                 Color: [0 0.4470 0.7410]
             ColorMode: 'auto'
           ContextMenu: [0×0 GraphicsPlaceholder]
             CreateFcn: ''
       DataTipTemplate: [1×1 matlab.graphics.datatip.DataTipTemplate]
             DeleteFcn: ''
           DisplayName: ''
      HandleVisibility: 'on'
               HitTest: on
         Interruptible: on
              LineJoin: 'round'
             LineStyle: '-'
         LineStyleMode: 'auto'
             LineWidth: 0.5000
                Marker: 'none'
       MarkerEdgeColor: 'auto'
       MarkerFaceColor: 'none'
         MarkerIndices: [1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10]
            MarkerMode: 'auto'
            MarkerSize: 6
                Parent: [1×1 Axes]
         PickableParts: 'visible'
              Selected: off
    SelectionHighlight: on
           SeriesIndex: 1
           SourceTable: [0×0 table]
                   Tag: ''
                  Type: 'line'
              UserData: []
               Visible: on
                 XData: [1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10]
             XDataMode: 'manual'
           XDataSource: ''
             XVariable: ''
                 YData: [0.8415 0.9093 0.1411 -0.7568 -0.9589 -0.2794 0.6570 0.9894 0.4121 -0.5440]
             YDataMode: 'manual'
           YDataSource: ''
             YVariable: ''
                 ZData: [1×0 double]
             ZDataMode: 'auto'
           ZDataSource: ''
             ZVariable: ''