MATLAB: Arrange figures in numerical order…

sort figures

There's a nice little function on the exchange that sorts figures on the screen, but it's not sorting in numerical order how the Figures are numbed: https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/52774-arrangefigures-handles

This statement I believe…

figureHandles = sort(get(0, 'Children'));

…needs to truly sort in Figure numerical order. Then it would work.

Can it be improved?

Thanks!

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For HG2, it would be

figureHandles = handle( sort( double(findall(0, 'type', 'figure') ) );

This will find all figures, including the interface frames for apps; if you want only user created figures then change findall to findobj .

This code will sort according to numeric handle. Even in HG2, each graphics object is associated with a double, just like in HG1. And just like in HG1, the handles for figures are not necessarily integers. You cannot generally predict the range of double that will be associated with a figure that was not created with 'IntegerHandle', 'on' or by using figure(INTEGER) to create a figure with that particular integer handle.

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One way to sort the figures by their number is to sort the numbers and then index back into your figure array like this:

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Under Windows you can use https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/31437-windowapi to create a figure without border. Then moving the main figure must update the position of this "sub-figure" also. But it is not trivial to fix the stacking order: You can set the "sub-figure" as top-most window, but then activating another application does not move it to the background. Without the top-most property, clicking on the main GUI let it appear in front of the "sub-figure".

I think, this is not user-friendly enough. Let the OpenGL animation run in a separate figure.

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