Setting box size in Figure

Dear All,

I have been using matlab to generate figures with data. I typically set the figure size using "PaperSize", like in the example below, which works well for most cases. However, I would like to be able to set the size of the box instead (by box, I mean the space enclosed by the horizontal and vertical axes).

The reason for this is that often I try to put together different figures into a composite larger figure, and whenever the numbers in the axes have different formats (e.g. diferent decimals or powers), the box size is automatically adjusted. Hence, when I try to align the different individual figures, there is a mismatch... It is not a huge problem, but it affects my OCD a bit :)

As sort of a workaround I have been using subplot, but it is not optimal. It would be great to know if I can set the box size instead of the full figure.

Thanks

set(gcf, 'PaperUnits', 'inches');

set(gcf, 'PaperSize', [4 2]);

set(gcf, 'PaperPositionMode', 'manual');

set(gcf, 'PaperPosition', [0 0 4 2]);

Answer 1

[Jan]

You can set the position (including the dimensions) of an axes as the "Position" (this is the InnerPosition), "TighInset" or "OuterPosition": https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/creating_plots/automatic-axes-resize.html

Use the PositionConstraint to avoid a rescaling (in Matlab < R2020a: "ActivePositionProperty").

[Dino Bergomi]

The PositionConstraint works very well! Thank you