Try this demo and I think you will understand how to do it:
% Demo to show how to show or hide an entire axes control.
% By Image Analyst
clc; % Clear the command window.
fprintf('Beginning to run %s.m ...\n', mfilename);
close all; % Close all figures (except those of imtool.)
clear; % Erase all existing variables. Or clearvars if you want.
workspace; % Make sure the workspace panel is showing.
fontSize = 13;
format short g
fprintf('Beginning to run %s.m ...\n', mfilename);
% Create sample data
x = 1 : 10;
y1 = rand(1, 10);
plot(x, y1, 'r.-', 'LineWidth', 2, 'markerSize', 15);
hold on;
y2 = rand(1, 10);
plot(x, y2, 'b.-', 'LineWidth', 2, 'markerSize', 15);
grid on;
title('Title');
xlabel('x');
ylabel('y');
legend('y1', 'y2');
% Hide everything on the axes:
promptMessage = sprintf('Click OK to hide the axes.');
titleBarCaption = 'Continue?';
buttonText = questdlg(promptMessage, titleBarCaption, 'OK', 'Cancel', 'OK');
if contains(buttonText, 'Cancel', 'IgnoreCase', true)
return; % or break or continue.
end
ShowOrHideAxes(gca, false)
% Show/restore everything on the axes:
promptMessage = sprintf('Click OK to show the axes.');
titleBarCaption = 'Continue?';
buttonText = questdlg(promptMessage, titleBarCaption, 'OK', 'Cancel', 'OK');
if contains(buttonText, 'Cancel', 'IgnoreCase', true)
return; % or break or continue.
end
ShowOrHideAxes(gca, 'on')
%=====================================================================
% Sets visibility of all objects in the specified axes.
% Sample calls:
% ShowOrHideAxes(gca, 'off');
% ShowOrHideAxes(gca, false);
% ShowOrHideAxes(gca, 'on');
% ShowOrHideAxes(gca, true);
function ShowOrHideAxes(h, visible)
if ischar(visible)
if strcmpi(visible, 'off')
visible = false;
else
visible = true;
end
end
if visible
vis1 = 'on';
vis2 = true;
vis3 = 'show';
else
vis1 = 'off';
vis2 = false;
vis3 = 'hide';
end
axis(vis1); % Turn off axes and grid lines.
h.Toolbar.Visible = vis1; % Turn off/on popup toolbar in upper right of axes.
legend(vis3); % Turn off/on legend.
axesHandlesToChildObjects = findall(h);
% If you want to show or hide only plot lines (data) you can do
% axesHandlesToChildObjects = findobj(h, 'Type', 'line');
if ~isempty(axesHandlesToChildObjects)
numObjects = length(axesHandlesToChildObjects);
for k = 1 : numObjects
axesHandlesToChildObjects(k).Visible = vis2;
end
end
return; % from ShowOrHideAxes
end
