selectmoveresize (MATLAB Function Reference)

Select, move, resize, or copy Axes and Uicontrol graphics objects

A = selectmoveresize;
set(h,'ButtonDownFcn','selectmoveresize')

Description

selectmoveresize is a function that you can use as the callback routine for Axes and Uicontrol button down functions. When executed, it selects the object and allows you to move, resize, and copy it.

For example, this statement sets the button down function of the current Axes to selectmoveresize:

set(gca,'ButtonDownFcn','selectmoveresize')

A = selectmoveresize returns a structure array containing:

A.Type: a sting containing the action type, which can be Select, Move, Resize, or Copy
A.Handles: a list of the selected handles or for a Copy an m-by-2 matrix containing the original handles in the first column and the new handles in the second column.