How to change the title of a plot?

Hey guys,

I would like to change the title of my plots. I am getting some information using: get(gca) and I can see the "Title = [573.003]" there but I don't know how to change the plots title from its default name (figure 1) to another name.

I appreciate very much your help, Mehdi

Answer 1

[Paulo Silva]

set(gcf,'NumberTitle','off') %don't show the figure number
set(gcf,'Name','Whatever you want for the figure name') %select the name you want

[M G]

Thanks so much Paulo. Can I ask you how many commands there are for to get the properties of plots? (e.g. get(gca), get(gcf), ...)

Sorry I am newbie ;)

[Paulo Silva]

gca is the current axis (axes), you can have several axis inside a figure

gcf is the current figure, figures are objects that contain other objects

plots are objects inside axis

inspect(gca) gives the properties of the current axis in a better way

inspect(gcf) gives the properties of the current figure in a better way

[M G]

Thanks a lot :)

[Matt Tearle]

To see all the functions that help you locate graphics objects, look in the doc: MATLAB -> Functions -> Graphics -> Handle Graphics -> Graphics Object Identification

You'll see gca, gcf, and gco (current object), as well as some others like findobj

To see what all the properties are for a given type of object, look in the doc: MATLAB -> User's Guide -> Handle Graphics Property Browser

This has all the possible graphics objects, and lists all the properties (with descriptions about what they do). *Very* useful.