Displaying an externally saved figure in live script
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Hello,
I'm trying to display an externally generated figure in live script, using the openfig() function. When I do this, the figure does not display; all that displays is some output text listing some properties of the figure. Is there a way to display externally generated figures, .fig or otherwise, in live script?
Thanks,
Abed
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Alex Zak
on 11 Mar 2020
Hi Abed,
Currently openfig is not fully supported in the Live Editor. As a workaround you can do the following:
f = openfig('f.fig');
f2 = figure;
set(f.Children,'Parent',f2)
This should dispaly the contents of the saved figure in the Live Editor.
Thanks,
Alex
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pablo Jaramillo
on 4 Nov 2020
This worked, though I had this error for the legend:
Error using matlab.graphics.illustration.Legend/setParentImpl
A legend and its associated axes must have the same parent.
Lucian
on 24 May 2023
Edited: Lucian
on 24 May 2023
Hi all,
Thanks for sharing.
After a lot of grey hairs with Matlab R2018b a small adaption is needed to the code:
f = openfig('f.fig');
f2 = figure;
set(f.Children(2),'Parent',f2)
Adding the index 2 solves in some cases the error (axes is the 2nd element in an array)
"Error using matlab.graphics.illustration.Legend/setParentImpl
A legend and its associated axes must have the same parent"
I can also confirm that this error does not appear with Matlab R2021b
Cheers,
Lucian
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