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Variable horizontal alignment of cell array's strings in annotation

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In the following example, I'm trying to center align the second string of arrcell while keeping the first and third strings aligned to the left
cases = 18;
percent = 0.3;
dim = [0.1 0.5 0.1 0.1];
arrcell = {['there are ',num2str(cases),' cases'],['- - - -'],['the percent is ',num2str(percent)]};
an = annotation('textbox',dim,'String',arrcell,'FitBoxToText','on');
set(an, {'HorizontalAlignment'}, {'left';'center';'left'});
but I get the error
Error using matlab.graphics.shape.TextBox/set
Value cell array handle dimension must match handle vector length.
What is wrong?
This is what I would like to obtain

Answers (2)

Ameer Hamza
Ameer Hamza on 7 Apr 2020
Edited: Ameer Hamza on 7 Apr 2020
cases = 18;
percent = 0.3;
dim = [0.1 0.5 0.1 0.1];
arrcell = {['there are ',num2str(cases),' cases'],['- - - -'],['the percent is ',num2str(percent)]};
an1 = annotation('textbox',dim,'String',arrcell(3), 'FitBoxToText','on', ...
'Margin',0, 'EdgeColor', [0 0 0], 'HorizontalAlignment', 'left', ...
'EdgeColor', 'none');
an1.Position(1:2) = dim(1:2);
drawnow;
pos1 = an1.Position;
an2 = annotation('textbox',[pos1(1) pos1(2)+pos1(4) pos1(3) pos1(4)],'String',arrcell(2), ...
'Margin',0, 'EdgeColor', [0 0 0], 'HorizontalAlignment', 'center', ...
'EdgeColor', 'none');
drawnow;
pos2 = an2.Position;
an3 = annotation('textbox',[pos2(1) pos2(2)+pos2(4) pos2(3) pos2(4)],'String',arrcell(1), ...
'Margin',0, 'EdgeColor', [0 0 0], 'HorizontalAlignment', 'left', ...
'EdgeColor', 'none');
pos3 = an3.Position;
annotation('rectangle', [pos1([1 2 3]) pos1(4)*3]+[-0.01 -0.01 0.02 0.02]);
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Ameer Hamza
Ameer Hamza on 29 Apr 2020
If it works for on your platform, then you should continue using this code. I tried on macOS using R2018b and R2020a, and in both cases, this code created extra space inside the box.

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KALYAN ACHARJYA
KALYAN ACHARJYA on 7 Apr 2020
Edited: KALYAN ACHARJYA on 7 Apr 2020
cases = 18;
percent = 0.3;
dim = [0.1 0.5 0.1 0.1];
arrcell = {['there are ',num2str(cases),' cases'],['- - - -'],['the percent is ',num2str(percent)]};
an = annotation('textbox',dim,'String',arrcell,'FitBoxToText','on');
set(an, {'HorizontalAlignment'}, {'center'});
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giannit
giannit on 7 Apr 2020
Thank you! Anyway, this is not exactly what I would like to obtain. Instead I would like
  • first string left aligned
  • second string center aligned
  • third string left aligned
This is why I tried with {'left';'center';'left'}` but, it doesn't work.
Any ideas?
Ameer Hamza
Ameer Hamza on 7 Apr 2020
Unfortunately, such a thing is not supported in MATLAB. The only workaround is to draw each component separately. Check the code in my answer. It is cumbersome, to say the least.

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