draggableRectangle

Draws rectangle which can be dragged or resized by mouse pointer

Draws rectangle which can be dragged or resized by mouse pointer

D = draggableRectangle (parent_axes,xrange,yrange,...);
input
parent_axes : axes object : axes for drawing rectangle
xrange : 1 x 2 numeric : [xmin xmax]
yrange : 1 x 2 numeric : [ymin ymax]

name-value pairs
xdirlock : logical scalar : lock x direction drag
ydirlock : logical scalar : lock y direction drag
buttonDownFcn : function handle : callback executed upon mouse click
buttonDragFcn : function handle : callback executed upon mouse drag movement
buttonUpFcn : function handle : callback executed upon mouse release

additional name-value pair argument for 'patch' can be followed after these arguments (see:https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/matlab.graphics.primitive.patch-properties.html)

properties
xrange : 1 x 2 numeric : current x range of rectangle
yrange : 1 x 2 numeric : current y range of rectangle
xdirlock : logical scalar : if true, locks x dir dragging
ydirlock : logical scalar : if true, locks y dir dragging
bezel : numeric positive scalar : determines width of edge dragging region
isdragging : logical scalar (read only) : true if object under dragging
buttonDownFcn(hObject,eventdata) : function handle : function executed when mouse is clicked on this object
buttonDragFcn(hObject,eventdata) : function handle : function executed when mouse is moved during drag
buttonUpFcn(hObject,eventdata) : function handle : function executed when drag is finished

Additional properties for 'patch' are available.
Standard get & set functions are available.

methods
D.drag_start([movingx,movingy]);

example
% draw axis
axis([0 40 0 60]);
% draw rectangle
D = draggableRectangle([10 30],[20 40],'facecolor','r');
% force start dragging
D.drag_start([-1,0]) % move left edge

% wait until dragging is done
while D.isdragging
pause(0.05)
end

% Here, we change rectangle's properties (same properties as 'patch')
D.FaceColor = 'y';
set(D,'EdgeColor','none');

% force start dragging
D.drag_start([1,1]) % move top right vertex

% wait until dragging is done
while D.isdragging
pause(0.05)
end

% Here, we define user callback
% force start dragging
D.drag_start([0,0]) % move position
% set mouse release callback
D.buttonUpFcn = @(h,~) fprintf('moved position : [%.2f %.2f %.2f %.2f]\n',h.xrange,h.yrange);