How To Change Color Of Axis Tick Marks

Hello all i am currently trying to change the color of the tick marks on my axis from black to yellow. I tried changing directly through the 'GUIDE' interface and that didnt work. So i tried using code which was this:

set(handles.axes4,'XColor','y'); set(handles.axes4,'YColor','y');

And it still didnt work so im kinda at a loss here. Any help would be apprecaited thanks!

[Walter Roberson]

Which MATLAB version are you using? The methods changed in R2014b.

[Jesse Abruzzo]

I am using matlab R2014a

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

In R2014a and before, there is no mechanism provided that would allow you to easily set the tick mark colors to something different than the box color. In order to have them a different color you will need to draw the tick marks in yourself, or find code that can do it for you. Possibly the File Exchange contribution plt() might have this feature available.

As of R2014b this changed, but R2014b itself the mechanism was not finalized. R2015a finalized the method, but even that is not as flexible as one might prefer; see http://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/numericruler-properties.html for R2015a onward.

[Jesse Abruzzo]

Okay Thank You, Now i am trying to use this code:

ax = gca;
co = ax.XAxis.Color;
ax.XAxis.Color = 'blue';

Which is directly from the site you posted for me.

But i am getting this error message: No appropriate method, property, or field 'XAxis' for class 'matlab.graphics.axis.Axes'.

[Walter Roberson]

Which MATLAB version are you using now? Your earlier post said R2014a, but if you were using that then the error message would have been about attempting to access a field of a non-structure array.

[Jesse Abruzzo]

I am not using Maltab 2015a on my other computer. It changes the color of the axis labels now but it doesn't plot my data because of that error.

[Mike Garrity]

Actually, I think that XAxis & YAxis were added in R2015b.

[Jesse Abruzzo]

Alright never mind then il just work around it. Thanks for all your help. I appreciate it.

[Jesse Abruzzo]

Alright Back at it again. I really need this to work. I have the matlab 2016a that im using on a friends computer. I code doesnt give me an error now but the color doesnt change. Nothing happens. I tried moving the axes to the top layer. still nothing. Im very confused. Any advice?

[Jesse Abruzzo]

I figured out the problem but im still stuck. When i write the line of code: axes(handles.axes4); It sets the color of the tickmarks back to default and i cant change it back afterwards. Help?

[Walter Roberson]

I would not expect that but it could be a bug.

The workaround would be not to call axes() that way. Instead, pass the axes handle as a parameter to graphics operations. Most graphics routines accept an axes as the first parameter but not all do, and the rest typically accept a 'Parent' name value pair. The ones that do not accept that either probably ignore the current axes anyhow.