clickableLegend

MATLAB

[LEGH,OBJH,OUTH,OUTM] = clickableLegend([AX],{[string1],...
              [stringN]},'group',grps,'displayedLines',lines, ...)

Description

clickableLegend is a wrapper around the Matlab function LEGEND that provides the added functionality to turn on and off (hide or show) a graphics object (line or patch) by clicking on its text label in the legend. Call with no inputs to place a clickableLegend on the current plot. Its usage is the same as the Matlab function. For further information please see the LEGEND documentation.

Parameters

Parameters	Description
AX [scalar]	(Optional) Axes handle for legend
string1..stringN [string]	(Optional) Strings for legend labels. Also string1 could be a cell array containing all labels.
grps [vector]	(Optional) Must be preceded by keyword 'groups'. A vector specifying the group membership for every line object. The grouping parameter lets you have a group of lines represented and controlled by one entry in the legend.
lines [vector]	(Optional) Must be preceded by the keyword 'displayedLines'. A vector of indices corresponding to the lines or groups that should be displayed initially.

Return Values

Return Values	Description
LEGH [scalar]	A handle to the legend axes
OBJH [vector]	A vector containing handles for the text, lines, and patches in the legend
OUTH [vector]	A vector of handles to the lines and patches in the plot
OUTM [cell]	A cell array containing the text in the legend

Notes

If you save the figure and re-load it, the toggling functionality is not automatically re-enabled. To restore it, simply call clickableLegend with no arguments.

To prevent the axis from automatically scaling every time a line is turned on and off, issue the command: axis manual

Examples

z = peaks(100);
plot(z(:,26:5:50)); grid on; axis manual;
clickableLegend({'Line1','Line2','Line3','Line4','Line5'},'Location', 'NorthWest');
f = plot([1:10;1:2:20]','x'); hold on;
g = plot(sin([1:10;1:2:20]'),'r-');
h = plot(11:20,rand(5,10)*5,'b:');
clickableLegend([f;g;h], {'Line1','Line2','Line3'},'groups', [1 1 2 2 3 3 3 3 3], 'displayedLines', [2 3]);