Can I specify the stacking order of graphics objects in MATLAB?

I would like to specify the stacking order of graphics objects in MATLAB.

Answer 1

[MathWorks Support Team]

It is possible to modify the stacking order of an object's children by setting the Children property to a permutation of itself. However, the new value must contain the same handles as the old value. For example:

%Create a patch and a line plot with the line plot overlaying the patch

h=patch([0 1 0 1], [0 1 1 0], 'r');

x=.5*ones(10,1);

y=linspace(0,1, 10);

hold on

hp=plot(x,y);

%Returns handles to the patch and line objects

chi=get(gca, 'Children')

%Reverse the stacking order so that the patch overlays the line

set(gca, 'Children',flipud(chi))

A similar concept applies to the tabbing order of the UICONTROLS. For more information and an example of changing the tabbing order, see the Related Solution:

[Walter Roberson]

See uistack()