making a figure always on top

how could a figure be always on top of other windows?

Answer 1

[Wayne King]

If you have a handle to a figure.

h1 = figure;
plot(randn(100,1));

And after you create subsequent plots, you call:

figure(h1)

That will raise the figure above all others.

Wayne

[mohammad]

Thanks

[mohammad]

but it's needed when i use same plot command, it plots in the same figure window and not another figure window

Answer 2

[Adam Danz]

Update (10 years later)

Starting in Matlab R2021a you can set figures created by uifigure to always be on top of other windows.

uifig = uifigure('WindowStyle','alwaysontop');

or

uifig = uifigure(); 
uifig.WindowStyle = 'alwaysontop';

Unlike the modal option, other windows are still accessible.

For more info,

• release notes
• WindowStyle property

Answer 3

[Igor]

If you need to make a figure ALWAYS on top, try this.

[mohammad]

Thanks, so nice!!!