Trying to increase the maximum width of OuterPosition (plot is cut off)

I have the following code

f = figure();
f.Units = "inches";
f.OuterPosition = [0 0 7 2.5]

f = 
  Figure (1) with properties:

      Number: 1
        Name: ''
       Color: [1 1 1]
    Position: [0 0.0202 7.0000 2.2727]
       Units: 'inches'

  Use GET to show all properties

ax1 = axes(f,'Units','inches','Position',[0.25 0.25 2 2], ...
    'XGrid','on','YGrid','on');
ax2 = axes(f,'Units','inches','Position',[2.5 0.25 2 2], ...
    'XGrid','on','YGrid','on');
ax3= axes(f,'Units','inches','Position',[4.75 0.25 2 2], ...
    'XGrid','on','YGrid','on');


plot(ax1,[0 1 2 3],[0 1 2 3])
ylabel("$y$","Interpreter","latex")
xlabel("$x$","Interpreter","latex")

plot(ax2,[0 1 2 3],[0 -1 -2 -3])
ylabel("$y$","Interpreter","latex")
xlabel("$x$","Interpreter","latex")

plot(ax3,[0 1 2 3],[0 1 2 3].^2)
ylabel("$y$","Interpreter","latex")
xlabel("$x$","Interpreter","latex")

When it produces a the plots, they're all cut off. I want the images to be to scale for a paper, hence why the width is 7". It seems that MATLAB is enforcing some hard limit on the maximum width it will allow for plotting, is there any way around this?

[Voss]

Note that Position is [x y width height] not [xmin ymin xmax ymax]. One reason the plots are cut off is that the axes' positions you have specified make the axes overlap. For instance, ax2 has its left side at x=2.5 inches and a width of 4.5 inches, which means its right side is at x=7 inches, overlapping with ax3, whose left side is at x=4.75 inches.

[David Gillcrist]

Thank you for catching this. I've adjusted the code. The problem still seems to persist even after this correction though.

[Voss]

A figure's OuterPosition includes the title bar and border (if any) drawn by the operating system as well as any tool bars and menu bars created by MATLAB. Maybe setting the figure's InnerPosition (or Position, which is the same as InnerPosition for a figure) produces the right result?

[Voss]

Also, note that the xlabel and ylabel calls are all applied to ax3 (which is the figure's CurrentAxes by default since it is the most recently created). Plotting into a specific axes does not by itself make that axes the CurrentAxes.

I imagine the intent was:

plot(ax1,[0 1 2 3],[0 1 2 3])
ylabel(ax1,"$y$","Interpreter","latex")
xlabel(ax1,"$x$","Interpreter","latex")

plot(ax2,[0 1 2 3],[0 -1 -2 -3])
ylabel(ax2,"$y$","Interpreter","latex")
xlabel(ax2,"$x$","Interpreter","latex")

plot(ax3,[0 1 2 3],[0 1 2 3].^2)
ylabel(ax3,"$y$","Interpreter","latex")
xlabel(ax3,"$x$","Interpreter","latex")

[David Gillcrist]

Yes, thank you for the additional correction.

[Voss]

@David Gillcrist: Did you try setting the figure's Position rather than OuterPosition (as I mentioned here), and did that fix the problem?

[David Gillcrist]

It appears the issues was just that the OuterPosition of each axis was being plotted outside the OuterPosition of the figure. I didn't need to adjust the Position of the figure itself, only shrink the position values of each axis so their OuterPositions would be within the boundary