How to apply an existing text object to a new figure

In my script I have created text objects for a figure's title, y label and x label and then modified these objects' properties as desired as seen here:

figure(1) 

plot((1:length(theta))/dataframe(n).videoObject.FrameRate,theta,'Color',bankColour,'Marker','.','LineStyle','none')
xlab1=xlabel('Time (seconds)');
ylab1=ylabel('Bank angle (degrees)');
tit1=title(['Bank angle - ',dataframe(n).birdID],'Interpreter','none');

xlab1.FontSize=14;
xlab1.FontWeight='bold';
xlab1.FontName='calibri';

ylab1.FontSize=14;
ylab1.FontWeight='bold';
ylab1.FontName='calibri';

tit1.FontSize=14;
tit1.FontName='calibri';
tit1.FontWeight='bold';

Later in the script I want to make another figure using exactly the same labels and associated properties (i.e. FontSize, FontWeight and FontName).

As these labels exist as text objects in the form of xlab1, ylab1 and tit1, is there a way of calling these objects to my new figure without having to create new objects and rewriting the above code again for the new figure?

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

newfig = figure();
newax = axes(newfig);

xlab2 = copyobj(xlab1, newax);
newax.XRuler.Label = xlab2;

ylab2 = copyobj(ylab1, newax);
newax.YRuler.Label = ylab2;

tit2 = copyobj(tit1, newax);
newax.Title = tit2;

Note: the copyobj() is important: without it, the text items would disappear from the original location.

[James Kempton]

Thanks for your rapid response Walter, most appreciated