Displaying an externally saved figure in live script

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

Answer 1

[Alex Zak]

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

[Ganesh]

Thanks! This was very helpful.

[pablo Jaramillo]

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]

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