How to permanently fix the position of the plot window ?

I wonder if it's possible to set the parameters of display to see the plot window always in the same position. Because I have two displays and I would like to fix the position on my second screen. In addition, when I use only one screen, the plot window exceeds the screen and I don't have access anymore to the window control bar.

Can anyone help me ? Thanks

Answer 1

[Alexander]

I think you need this:

set (groot, 'DefaultFigurePosition', p);

You have to put this line in the startup.m.

To get p: Open a figure and move it to the position you want it when plotting. Get the position:

p=(figure(1),''Position');

Hardcopy the content of p in the command above.

In my startup.m are the lines:

p = [-916 571 560 420];

set (groot, 'DefaultFigurePosition', p);

[Alexander]

Forgotten: You have to restart Matlab. ;-)

[Alice Lemoine]

Thanks ! I don't know where I have to put these lines in startup.m, can you help me please?

[Alexander]

Make a file startup.m and put it anywhere in the matlabpath. At startup Matlab searches the paths starting in your current working directory independent if this directory is in your matlabpath or not. Matlab stopps searching when the first startup.m is encountered (AFAIK). Hence, use only one startup.m, not to get confuded.

My startup.m as example:

disp('Startup File: E:\u\MAT\USR_ML7\startup.m');

set(groot,'defaultAxesFontSize',8)

p = [11 587 560 420];

set (groot, 'DefaultFigurePosition', p);

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I hope that helps.

[Alice Lemoine]

it seems working ! thanks a lot !

[Alexander]

Cheers

Answer 2

[Daniele Sportillo]

Hi Alice,

the command

groot().MonitorPositions

gives you informations about your screens. Check this: Graphics environment and state information

ans =

   1.0e+03 *

   -1.9190    0.3557    1.9200    1.0800
    0.0010    0.0010    2.5600    1.4400    

In my case, I have the principal screen on the right (2nd line) and the secondary screen on the left (1st line).

So if I want to plot on my left screen I do:

fig=figure;
fig.Position = [-1000 500 500 350]; %note the minus sign
ax=axes(fig);
plot(ax,1:5);

To be sure that your plot will be "visible", no matter how many screens you are using, you could clamp the position of your figure into your screens range, like this:

fig.Position = [max(-3000, min(groot().MonitorPositions(:,1))) 500 500 350];

In alternative, you could just use an if-else condition according to the number of your screens:

if size(groot().MonitorPositions,1) == 1 % I am using only one monitor
    % fig.Position = ...
else
    % fig.Position = ...
end

Hope this helps!

[Alice Lemoine]

thanks a lot ! but I search a solution which fixs the problem for all the time I want to plot figure

[Neda]

Thank you Daniele, very helpful.