Why am I unable to change the 'Position' property of a figure when the Property Editor is open in MATLAB 7.4 (R2007a)?

In MATLAB 7.4 (R2007a) I am not able to change the 'Position' property of a figure when the Property Editor is in use. Changing the value of x, y, width and height doesn't result in any figure changes. If I then try to do this with the SET command, I'll get this error:

"Warning: Cannot set Position while WindowStyle is 'docked'"

Reproduction Steps:

1) At the MATLAB command prompt, type the following:

plot(1:10)

2) Select the “View -> Property Editor” menu item to open the “Property Editor”.

3) Change the figure “Position” property in the Property Editor => not possible

4) If I type the following in the MATLAB command prompt:

set(gcf,'position',[100 500 800 400])

I get the following warning message:

Warning: Cannot set Position while WindowStyle is 'docked'

Answer 1

[MathWorks Support Team]

The ability to change the 'Position' property of a figure when the Property Editor is open is not available in MATLAB 7.4 (R2007a).

To work around this issue, undock the figure from the Property Editor before changing the position of the figure. Please see the attached screenshot to see instructions on how to undock the figure from the Property Editor.