How to descrease the size of a textbox

LS,

I would like to decrease the size around the text that is plotted in a graph. I need a background color to make the text readable but the box is now too large. Is there a way to decrease the size of the text box?

Best,

Frits

Answer 1

[Fangjun Jiang]

h=text(.5,.5,'this is my text','BackgroundColor',[.5 .5 .5]);
get(h)

to see a list of the properties, use set(h) to change the properties. Maybe the 'Position' is the property that you are looking for?

set(h,'BackgroundColor',[1 0 0])

[Frits]

Hi Fangjun,

Thanks a lot for your answer. Unfortunately I cannot find a property that decreases the size of the textbox.

If you have another suggestion please let me know.

Best,

Frits

[Fangjun Jiang]

I have not found the right properties yet. Maybe need more poking around. But what I saw is the box is closely around the text. What do you mean the textbox is too large? Can you show a sanpshot?

[Fangjun Jiang]

Try this:

set(h,'Margin',40)

and then set it to be 1.