Get list of property names and values for a MATLAB plot

Question

In the MATLAB documentation for a particular type of plot (i.e. trisurf), it shows how to add properties, but does not give a list of what properties are applicable. Is there a way to find which properties and values are available for a particular plot type?

Answer 1

h = trisurf(...);

get(h)

Answer 2

In addition try Property Inspector: inspect(h).

Notice, if you plot multiple lines with plot you will get handle for each line. To open the inspector you will have to pass individual handle.

h = plot(magic(5));
inspect(h(1))

There is also a great alternative to inspect - UIINSPECT. Download it from the File Exchange.

Answer 3

@Oli Charlesworth and @yuk have made good suggestions as to how you can access the properties for a given plot handle.

If you also want to know what these properties actually do, you should look at the help. Normally, like for plot, there is a direct link to the full list of properties available with explanation. Surprisingly, this is not the case for trisurf, as you mentioned. However, the documentation does indicate that trisurf creates a patch object. This means that trisurf has all the patch properties that you can find explained here.