> I'd like the width of the left boxplot to be the same as the height boxplot below the scatter plot [in scatterhist]
Key points to know
- In h=scatterhist(__), h is a 1x3 array of axis handles where h(1) is the scatter axes, h(2) is the horizontal axis, and h(3) is the vertical axis.
- The position of axes is defined by h(n).Position for axis n which returns a 1x4 vector identiying the [x coordinate of lower-left corner, y coordinate of lower-left corner, width height].
- The position units are defined in h(n).Units which are normalized by default.
- To equate the width of one axis with the height of another axis, you need to use non-normalized units unless your figure is perfectly square.
Solution
origUnits = get(h(2:3),'Units');
set(h(2:3), 'Units', 'Pixels')
sizeDiff = h(3).Position(3) - h(2).Position(4);
h(3).Position(3) = h(2).Position(4);
h(3).Position(1) = h(3).Position(1)+sizeDiff;
set(h(2:3),{'Units'}, origUnits)
Note that resizing the figure will result in resizing the axes so the width of axis 3 will no longer match the heigh of axis 2 unless the figure resize maintains height:width ratio. You could remove the last line in my solution but that will potentially cause other problems (you can try it and see what I mean).
