How do you set the default annotation properties?

I recently migrated to a newer version of Matlab/Simulink. In the old version, the default annotation "HorizontalAlignment" was "center." In the newer version, the default is "left." How can I change my global defaults so that the annotation "HorizontalAlignment" property is "center" again?

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

set(groot,'defaultTextHorizontalAlignment', 'center')

You will want to put this into your startup.m

[glentall]

Thank you for your response Walter.

I successfully added the command you suggested to the startup.m file and verified that the command was executed when I started up Matlab (I added a disp command right after the set command and displayed a message indicating that the startup.m file had been run).

I then added a new annotation text to my Simulink model and the text alignment was still set to "left." Here is the entry for the new annotation text from the saved .mdl file:

Annotation {
  SID        "10013"
  Name        "Annotation Test"
  Position      [7825, 4106, 7894, 4121]
  AutoSize      on
  WordWrap      off
  HorizontalAlignment    "left"
  VerticalAlignment    "top"
}

The command was accepted by Matlab without error but I don't know what it actually changed.

Do you have any other ideas? Are the default values of the "annotation" object in a library template or something?

I've been searching on the Matlab help and doing internet searches and have not been able to find any documentation yet (it has been frustrating).

I am running Matlab R2013b and my previous version (that had the default annotation text alignment set to "center") was R2010bSP1.

Thanks again!

[Walter Roberson]

Sorry, I do not know anything about how Simulink creates annotations.