Nesting of tiledlayout objects not possible in R2019b?

I need to copy axes from various figures with tiled layouts into one figrue. When reading through some forum Q&As I found that I should be able to nest the tiledlayout objects into one new tiledlayout object. ( see: Nesting tiledlayouts within another tiledlayout - MATLAB Answers - MATLAB Central (mathworks.com); How to copy two figures to a single figure without removing properties of original figures? - MATLAB Answers - MATLAB Central (mathworks.com))

I implemented the solutions into my code and also took some snippets from the accepted answers and run those. Unfortunately, the same error message appeared in all cases: TiledChartLayout cannot be a child of TiledChartLayout.

I also looked into the documentation and found nothing about changes regarding Children and Parents since introduction in R2019b. Due to older simulation models at my workplace I am bound to R2019b.

Is there a solution? Thanks in advance

Answer 1

[Stephen23]

Nesting TiledChartLayout objects was introduced after your version, in R2020a:

https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/release-notes.html?rntext=tiledlayout&startrelease=R2020a&endrelease=R2020a&groupby=release&sortby=descending&searchHighlight=tiledlayout

"Is there a solution?": You might be able to nest a panel in between, or use SUBPLOT.

Tip: it is worth referring to your installed help (which applies to your installed version) and not to the online help (which applies to the most recent version).

[Leon Berger]

thank you

Answer 2

[Matt J]

I also looked into the documentation and found nothing about changes regarding Children and Parents since introduction in R2019b.

Seems like it's true. In R2019b, we see

whereas in R2023b, we see

Solution? It depends on what the nesting is meant to accomplish. By allowing plots to overlap multiple tiles, you can give a similar appearance to having nested tiledlayouts.

t=tiledlayout(2,2);
nexttile([1,2])
plot(1:8)
nexttile(3);
plot(1:5)
nexttile(4);
plot(1:7)

[Leon Berger]

Ok thank you very much. I didn't know about version specific documentation. Sorry