TABPLOT.m

Easily plot axes into uitabs instead of using subplots or multiple figures. If you're struggling with multiple figures or large subplots then TABPLOT is for you!

TABPLOT requires MATLAB 2014b or newer.

Getting Started

TABPLOT works much like SUBPLOT; in this example TABPLOT is used to create a new figure and returns an array of axes handles, one for each tab created.

ax = tabplot(2);
t = linspace(-pi, pi, 128);
plot(ax(1), sin(t), 'LineWidth', 2, 'Color', 'blue');
plot(ax(2), cos(t), 'LineWidth', 2, 'Color', 'red');

More advanced functions are available such as specifying the tab tiles and position in the tab group.

ax = tabplot(2, 'Title', {'Sine', 'Cosine'}, 'TabLocation', 'Bottom');
t = linspace(-pi, pi, 128);
plot(ax(1), sin(t), 'LineWidth', 2, 'Color', 'blue');
plot(ax(2), cos(t), 'LineWidth', 2, 'Color', 'red');

Finally, because TABPLOT returns arrays of axes and uitab handles you can easily set properties in batch.

[ax, tabs, group] = tabplot(3, 'Title', {'Sine', 'Cosine', 'Tangent'});
t = linspace(-pi, pi, 128);
plot(ax(1), t, sin(t), 'LineWidth', 2, 'Color', 'red');
plot(ax(2), t, cos(t), 'LineWidth', 2, 'Color', 'blue');
plot(ax(3), t, tan(t), 'LineWidth', 2, 'Color', 'green');
set(ax, 'XLim', [-pi, pi]);
set(tabs, 'BackgroundColor', 'white');