MATLAB: Are the “EdgeAlpha” and “FaceAlpha” properties of patch objects not itemized by the Property Inspector in MATLAB

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The "EdgeAlpha" and "FaceAlpha" properties (among others) do not show up in the Property Inspector. As these two are user-settable properties, they should be accessible through the Property Inspector.

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This bug has been fixed in Release 14 Service Pack 3 (R14SP3). For previous product releases, read below for any possible workarounds:
The ability to view all properties of patch objects in the Property Inspector is not available in MATLAB.
To work around this issue, use the following command to obtain the complete list of properties of the current object:
get(gco)
You can then use the following syntax to set any user-settable property:
set(gco,'FaceAlpha',0.9)
Type "doc set" at the MATLAB prompt to view the documentation for the SET function. See the "Handle Graphics" section of the MATLAB documentation for more information on working with graphic object handles and using GET/SET commands.
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