Change Figure Bottom Margin

Dear all,

I would like to generate a 2x3 subplot and display the legend below the figure:

 %
figure
for i = 1:6
    h_subplot = subplot(2,3,i);
    plot(randn(10,2))
   if i==5
       h_legend = legend({'Data 1', 'Data 2'});
       sp=get(h_subplot,'position');
       set(h_legend,'position',[sp(1),sp(2)-.15,sp(3),.1]);
    end
end

How can I extend the bottom margin, without resizing the subplots, such that the entire legend is shown?

Thanks, Peter

Answer 1

[Gautam]

Hello Peter,

One easy way to extend the bottom margin of the figure without resizing the subplots is by adding another row to the subplots and setting the “Visibility” property of its axis to “off”

set(subplot(3,3,[7 8 9]), "Visible", "off"); 

The code below follows this to generate the corresponding output:

f=figure; 
for i = 1:6 
    h_subplot = subplot(3,3,i); 
    plot(randn(10,2)) 
    if i==5 
        h_legend = legend({'Data 1', 'Data 2'}); 
        sp=get(h_subplot,'position'); 
        set(h_legend,'position',[sp(1),sp(2)-.15,sp(3),.1]); 
    end 
end 

set(subplot(3,3,[7 8 9]), "Visible", "off"); 

Hope this helps