prompt line blocks access to figure

hi

i have this code line:

...

plot(x,y)

prompt = 'Choose a number';

the problem is that i need to look in the plot at some points before using the prompt command. when i use the 'pause' command it also doesn't help because the pause is cancelled after one mouse click

is there an elegant way to solve this?

Answer 1

[Vishal Rane]

You could add a pushbutton to the plot figure or a dialog box maybe, indicating to the user that they can use that button/dialog box to continue execution when they are done staring at the plot.

[noa]

how? :)

[Vishal Rane]

Use this

h = msgbox('Press OK to proceed');
waitfor(h)

The waitfor function halts further execution till user clicks on OK or closes the msgbox

Refer this waitfor and msgbox

[noa]

cool! is there any way I can set the location of where the box pops up?

[Vishal Rane]

use this after the msgbox command

set(h,'Position',[400 400 100 50 ])  % [left bottom width height]

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