How to position the default interactivity bar?

I'm referring to the toolbar with things like Zoom in, Zoom out, Home, etc. Right now, its default position is to cover my xticklabel. Is there a way I can specify its position?

Thanks.

Answer 1

[Ajay Pattassery]

I am not sure of moving the figure toolbar, but you could remove it from the figure using the following command

ax = gca;
ax.Toolbar.Visible = 'off'; % Turns off the axes toolbar 

Refer the following answer for more information.

[Leon]

Many thanks! Unfortunately, I do need the bar to be available to my users.

[Ajay Pattassery]

I assume you have reason to keep the xticklabels on the top of the graph.

You can try rotating the ticklabels using xtickangle.

For moving the ticklabels you can refer to the following answer too.

Answer 2

[Jessa]

For any users looking for a solution to a similar problem in the future -- starting in MATLAB R2026a, there's a new `ToolbarLocation` property on the axes that gives you some control over where the axes toolbar is positioned:

ax.ToolbarLocation = "outside";    % above the axes (default)
ax.ToolbarLocation = "inside";     % inside the axes, top-right corner

You could try moving it "inside" in this case.

More info: https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/matlab.graphics.axis.axes-properties.html#budumk7_sep_mw_7d50af64-37d8-4a79-8a50-9f8028ed3d33