If you create plots on different axes and then put all axes in the same figure window, you can use the WindowKeyPressFcn to scroll forward and backwards through the plots. Set the axes visibility to 'off' for all but the plot you are trying to display, and then, in the WindowKeyPressFcn callback, use the up or down arrow key to change the visibility to the next or previous plot.
The following code demonstrates an example. To run it, place the code in a file named "scrolldemo.m" on your MATLAB path. Then type "scrolldemo" at the MATLAB command prompt. When you use up and down arrow keys on the figure that appears, you will scroll through different plots.
function scrolldemo
plot(1:10)
ax1 = gca;
ax2 = axes('position',get(ax1,'position'));
plot(ax2,10:-1:1)
ax3 = axes('position',get(ax1,'position'));
plot(ax3,1:10,repmat(5,1,10));
f = gcf;
set(findobj(ax2),'Visible','off');
set(findobj(ax3),'Visible','off');
set(f,'WindowKeyPressFcn',@scrollaxes)
function scrollaxes(src,evt)
allax = findobj(src,'Type','Axes');
currax = findobj(src,'Type','Axes','Visible','on');
nextdownkey = allax([2:end 1]);
nextupkey = allax([end 1:end-1]);
if strcmp(evt.Key,'downarrow')
set(findobj(currax),'Visible','off')
set(findobj(nextdownkey(currax==allax)),'Visible','on');
elseif strcmp(evt.Key,'uparrow')
set(findobj(currax),'Visible','off')
set(findobj(nextupkey(currax==allax)),'Visible','on');
end
