MATLAB: How to specify the default border width between axes generated by the SUBPLOT command in MATLAB 7.3 (R2006b)

Question

I would like to be able to modify the default border width that is determined by the SUBPLOT command in MATLAB without having to re-position the axes.

Answer 1

The ability to specify the default border width between axes generated by the SUBPLOT command is not available in MATLAB.

To work around this issue, make a copy of the subplot.m file in the folder:

 $MATLABROOT\toolbox\matlab\graph2d\

where $MATLABROOT is the output of executing the command 'matlabroot'.

You can then modify the offsets (line 108, as shown below) in the new file to your desired border widths.

% This is the percent offset from the subplot grid of the plotbox.
inset = [.2 .18 .04 .1]; % [left bottom right top]