How to Remove or Account for 3 Dot Figure Settings Button?

How could I remove or adapt my script to account for the 3 dot figure settings button located in the upper right when creating figures? In a handful of my figures it obstructs title info. I was wondering if anyone knew of a way to remove this button (shown in attached image), maybe a setting I could change. I could go back and manually edit my script to insert lines in between titles, but in the future it would be nice to not have to think about this.

I anonomyzied and included example script, that doesn't show the specific 3 dot button, but in the Matlab desktop application it should appear (highlighted in attached image).

I tinkered with tiledlayout Padding and TileSpacing parameters and still have it obscuring titles.

rng(42)

lowerBound = 10;
upperBound = 90;

modelNames = ["Pruning", "UFF"];
predictionTypes = ["Training", "Cross-validated"];

nRows = 1200;

observedPruning = [ ...
    100 * rand(700, 1); ...
    5 + 10 * rand(250, 1); ...
    85 + 15 * rand(250, 1)];

observedUff = [ ...
    100 * rand(500, 1); ...
    3 + 12 * rand(350, 1); ...
    80 + 20 * rand(350, 1)];

trainingPredPruning = observedPruning + 6 * randn(nRows, 1);
cvPredPruning = observedPruning + 10 * randn(nRows, 1);

trainingPredUff = observedUff + 8 * randn(nRows, 1);
cvPredUff = observedUff + 16 * randn(nRows, 1);

trainingPredPruning = max(0, min(100, trainingPredPruning));
cvPredPruning = max(0, min(100, cvPredPruning));
trainingPredUff = max(0, min(100, trainingPredUff));
cvPredUff = max(0, min(100, cvPredUff));

figure('Color', 'w', 'Position', [100 100 1200 900]);
tiledlayout(2, 2, 'Padding', 'compact', 'TileSpacing', 'compact');

for modelIdx = 1:2
    if modelIdx == 1
        observedAll = observedPruning;
        predictedAll = [trainingPredPruning cvPredPruning];
    else
        observedAll = observedUff;
        predictedAll = [trainingPredUff cvPredUff];
    end

    keepRows = observedAll > lowerBound & observedAll < upperBound;

    for predIdx = 1:2
        nexttile;

        observed = observedAll(keepRows);
        predicted = predictedAll(keepRows, predIdx);

        rmseValue = sqrt(mean((observed - predicted).^2));
        ssRes = sum((observed - predicted).^2);
        ssTot = sum((observed - mean(observed)).^2);
        r2Value = 1 - ssRes / ssTot;

        scatter(observed, predicted, 12, 'filled', ...
            'MarkerFaceAlpha', 0.25, ...
            'MarkerEdgeAlpha', 0.25);
        hold on;

        plot([0 100], [0 100], 'k-', 'LineWidth', 1.1);
        xline(lowerBound, 'k:', 'LineWidth', 0.8);
        xline(upperBound, 'k:', 'LineWidth', 0.8);

        grid on;
        axis square;
        xlim([0 100]);
        ylim([0 100]);

        xlabel('Observed percent');
        ylabel('Predicted percent');

        title(sprintf('%s %s, %d-%d%% observed: R2 %.3f, RMSE %.2f, n %d', ...
            modelNames(modelIdx), predictionTypes(predIdx), ...
            lowerBound, upperBound, r2Value, rmseValue, numel(observed)), ...
            'Interpreter', 'none');

        axtoolbar(gca, {});
    end
end

sgtitle(sprintf('Middle Observed Response Only (%d < observed < %d)', ...
    lowerBound, upperBound), ...
    'FontWeight', 'bold');

Answer 1

[dpb]

Try

tiledlayout(2, 2, 'Padding', 'compact', 'TileSpacing', 'compact','Visible','off');

I'd recomend to save the handle to the tiledlayout object so can easily access its properties including the various tiles within.

hTL=tiledlayout(2, 2,'Padding','compact','TileSpacing','compact','Visible','off');  % save the handle

will not be visible, but still is there.

To do without entirely, use

hTL=tiledlayout(2, 2,'Padding','compact','TileSpacing','compact','Toolbar',[]);

See details under axtoolbar

ADDENDUM

On reflection, I agree it seems obtrusive for the toos button to occlude title information by default and that it should be placed somewhere that doesn't do that by default. I'd consequently suggest to submit this to Mathworks as an official support/enhancement request at <Product Support Page>

[Charles Bergen]

So I tried the first two commands but it didn't resolve the issue. The third command I modified using gcf, then went into figure properties for toolbar, but the button appears or the subtiles dissapear. I appreciate the input, I will try a few more attempts and see what happens.

That is a good thought, I'll submit a request about the button. Thank you for the suggestions, I appreciate the inputs.