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move x-axis to top of matlab figure

December 5th, 2009 by Lawrence David

to move the x-axis on a figure from the bottom of your plot to the top, adjust the ‘xaxislocation’ variable of your current axis handle:

matlab>> set(gca,’XAxisLocation’,'top’)

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6 Responses to “move x-axis to top of matlab figure”

1. on 22 Mar 2011 at 5:30 am   Marcus

   Thank you man, it was just what i searched.
   Thanks again

2. on 18 May 2011 at 9:34 am   Vladimir

   thanks bro,
   sometimes the easiest things can not be found but you have done it really simple, thanks!!!

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4. on 28 Jul 2011 at 1:49 pm   Austin

   Thank you very much!
   Every once in a while I search for something that I need to do in Matlab and your site keeps popping up. Thanks for posting all your useful tips!

5. on 25 Sep 2012 at 11:41 am   Dave

   Thanks!
   Also, if you want to bring the axis to the top layer (ie: showing on top of datapoints in your figure), adjust the layer location:

   matlab>> set(gca,’layer’,'top’)

6. on 13 Feb 2013 at 2:15 am   Yadhunath

   There is no ‘XAxisLocation’ property in the ‘root’ class. what should i do?