MATLAB: Overload get(0, ‘MonitorPositions’)

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I am using someone else's toolbox that calls get(0, 'MonitorPositions') all over the place. The problem is that on my system get(0, 'MonitorPositions') returns nonsense. I understand that dual monitors are not officially supported by MATLAB despite the existence of a property like MonitorPositions.

Is it possible to overload either get(0, 'MonitorPositions') or whatever is called by get(0, 'MonitorPositions')?

The problem is not getting the monitor positions from the OS. I can write a MATLAB function that uses either java or system calls to get the monitor positions. I do not want to edit the code in the toolbox.

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While it is not a very satisfying answer, upgrading to r2011a fixed my problem. I am not sure if this is a universal solution or not, but it makes me happy.

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MATLAB: Detailed description of handle properties from command line

inspect(gcf)

Then right click on Position > help.

EDIT 2

You can write a function to open the html at the description of the property (using the internal calls of inspector):

function helphg(h,propertyname)
classname = [];
if ishandle(h)
    h = handle(h);
    if ~isobject(h)
        hCls = classhandle(h);
        hPk = get(hCls,'Package');
        classname = [get(hPk,'Name'), '.',get(hCls,'Name')];
    else
        classname = class(h);
    end
end
helpview(['mapkey:',classname],propertyname,'CSHelpWindow');

Then simply use it as:

helphg(gcf,'Position')

EDIT 3

A question for Jan, Walter and others:

why figure has no properties:

properties(figure)

MATLAB: Bug in MonitorPosition

See this bug report Incorrect values for MonitorPosition and the ScreenSize on dual monitor systems

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