Graphics

Using the Property Editor

The Property Editor provides access to many properties of graphics objects, including figures, axes, lines, lights, patches, images, surfaces, rectangles, text, and the root object.

This section describes:

• Starting the Property Editor
• Editing Object Properties
• Navigating Among Objects in a Graph
• Applying Your Changes

Starting the Property Editor

There are several ways to start the Property Editor.

If plot editing mode is enabled, you can:

• Double-click on an object in the graph.

Note    Double-clicking on a text object does not start the Property Editor. It opens a edit box around the text. To modify the properties of a text object, use one of the other mechanisms.

• Right-click on an object, view the context menu, and select the Properties option. The context menus associated with objects also provide direct access to certain commonly used properties.
• Select Figure Properties, Axes Properties, or Current Object Properties from the figure window Edit menu. These options automatically enable plot editing mode, if it is not already enabled.

You can also start the Property Editor from the command line using the propedit function.

Note    Once you start the Property Editor, keep it open throughout an editing session. If you click on another object in the graph, the Property Editor displays the set of panels associated with that object type. You can also use the navigation bar in the Property Editor to select other objects to edit in the graph.

Closing the Property Editor

Once activated, the Property Editor remains on your screen until you explicitly dismiss it by clicking either the Cancel button or the OK button. The Cancel button dismisses the Property Editor without applying any changes that may have been made to property values that haven't been applied. The OK button dismisses the Property Editor dialog box and applies any changes that have been made to property values.

Rotating 3-D Axes

Editing Object Properties