Zoom in and out on a 2-D plot
Syntax
zoom on
zoom off
zoom out
zoom reset
zoom
zoom xon
zoom yon
zoom(factor)
zoom(fig, option)
Description
zoom on
turns on interactive zooming. When interactive zooming is enabled in a Figure, pressing a mouse button while your cursor is within an Axes zooms into the point or out from the point beneath the mouse. Zooming changes the Axes limits.
Clicking and dragging over an Axes when interactive zooming is enabled draws a rubber-band box. When the mouse button is released, the Axes zoom in to the region enclosed by the rubber-band box.
Double-clicking over an Axes returns the Axes to its initial zoom setting.
zoom off
turns interactive zooming off.
zoom out
returns the plot to its initial zoom setting.
zoom reset
remembers the current zoom setting as the initial zoom setting. Later calls to zoom out, or double-clicks when interactive zoom mode is enabled, will return to this zoom level.
zoom
toggles the interactive zoom status.
zoom xon and zoom yon
sets zoom on
for the x- and y-axis, respectively.
zoom(factor)
zooms in or out by the specified zoom factor, without affecting the interactive zoom mode. Values greater than 1 zoom in by that amount, while numbers greater than 0 and less than 1 zoom out by 1/factor.
zoom(fig, option)
Any of the above options can be specified on a figure other than the current figure using this syntax.
Remarks
zoom
changes the Axes limits by a factor of two (in or out) each time you press the mouse button while the cursor is within an Axes. You can also click and drag the mouse to define a zoom area, or double-click to return to the initial zoom level.
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