Using ButtonDownFcn on textboxes that are on top of an axes

For some reason the buttondownfcn will not work for textboxes that are on top of an axes. I am using the axes for the background image, and am turning hittest off for the axes, and it is still not working. It works the second I get rid of the axes though. Is there any workaround/fix for this?

[Walter Roberson]

Is this uicontrol('style', 'text') or is this text() ?

uicontrol are never on top of axes, nor below them: uicontrol are always direct children of figures (or uipanel) rather than being something "drawable" that axes would have reference to.

[ryan]

They are uicontrol. But the thing is when they are on top of an axes, the buttondownfcn will not work when I right click the text. But when I delete the axes, and the static text is just on top of the panel, the buttondownfcn callback is executed just fine.

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

In R2013a, all I had to do was turn hittest off for the axes.

Answer 2

[ryan]

For 2011b, it does not seem to work. Thanks for the help.