title on legend 2014b

Hi

I have read and now experienced that the legend of plots have been changed in the new version of MATLAB - 2014b. Now i have the problem that the 'title' property of a legend has been removed.

earlier i could use codes like:

h=legend(...)

v = get(h,'title');

set(v,'string','MY TEXT');

any easy way without using a simple text box?

Thanks, Esben

[Eyal Ben-Hur]

Take a look here

Answer 1

[Robert Cumming]

In the previous versions of Matlab legend was built on an axes.

Access to the title property of the legend wasn't (as far as I know) documented - hence it was there more by accidental design than intended design if you get what I mean.

The re-writing of legend means its no longer a by-product of an axes. By that fact I suspect this "feature" has also dissapeared.

Looking at the properties of legend, both documented and undocumented as far as I can tell there is no title to set.

edit: I have uploaded a submission to the FEX which you can use in both HG1 and HG2 to set titles on legends.

[Sanjay]

I am having the same issue. What is now the recommended way of adding a title above the legend?

It seems like something almost everyone would need! Surely it's a common requirement?

[Image Analyst]

Can you get the 'Position' property of the legend box, then use text() to place some text atop it?

[Eyal Ben-Hur]

@Image Analyst, You may find a solution for that here