MATLAB: How to make both yyaxis axes zoom together

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When I plot two figures using "yyaxis" and use the interactive zoom, only the right (active) axis zooms. The other one does not get updated. How can I fix this?

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This behavior is in accordance with the "yyaxis" function documentation (See under "Axes Properties" in the "More About" section of the link below)

http://uk.mathworks.com/help/releases/R2016a/matlab/ref/yyaxis.html#moreabout

However, you can achieve the desired behavior by following these steps:

1. Plot your data using "yyaxis" as normal

2. Create a callback function that, before the zoom happens, saves the old axis limits.

3. Create a callback function that, after the zoom happens, edits the axis values for the (previously unaffected) left axis.

In the attached files, file saveAxisStatus.m defines the pre-zoom callback behavior, and zoomSecondAxis.m defines the post-zoom callback behavior. The file Example.m demonstrates how to use these two functions.

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To enable the ability to turn off pan or zoom in the post action callback, you must set the "ModeHandle" 's "Blocking" property to false. This feature is undocumented and is not even visible when the property 'hideundocumented' is set to 'off'.

For "zoom": Use the following code in the post action callback to turn off the zoom using the set function:

function myzoompostcallback(obj,evd)
%obtain zoom object from figure
hZ = zoom(obj);
%turn blocking off to allow setting the zoom state (true by default)
hM = hZ.ModeHandle;
set(hM,'Blocking',false);
%turn zoom off
set(hZ,'Enable','off');

Use the following code in the post action callback to turn off the zoom using dot notation:

function myzoompostcallback(obj,evd)
hZ = zoom(obj);
hZ.ModeHandles.Blocking = false;
hZ.Enable = 'off';

For "pan":

Use the following code in the post action callback to turn off the pan using the set function:

function mypanpostcallback(obj,evd)
%obtain pan object from figure
hP = pan(obj);
%turn blocking off to allow setting the pan state (true by default)
hM = hP.ModeHandle;
set(hM,'Blocking',false);
%turn pan off
set(hP,'Enable','off');

Use the following code in the post action callback to turn off the pan using dot notation:

function mypanpostcallback(obj,evd)
hP = pan(obj);
hP.ModeHandles.Blocking = false;
hP.Enable = 'off';

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