There are three ways to copy an image of just the axes to the clipboard:
Consider a simple figure with tabular and plotted data:
x = [1;2;3];
y1 = [1;2;3];
y2 = [1;3;5];
f = figure;
t = uitable(f,'Data',[x y1 y2],'ColumnName',{'x','y1','y2'},'RowName',{},'Units','normalized');
t.Position = [.03 .65 t.Extent(3:4)];
t.Position(1:2) = [.05 .55];
ax = axes('Position',[.5 .1 .45 .8]);
plot(x,[y1 y2]);
legend({'y1','y2'});
1. Hover your mouse over the axes and a toolbar will appear at the top right corner. Hover over the leftmost icon and then select "Copy as image". This will copy an image of your axes to the clipboard exactly as is (including both plot and legend). If you cannot see the axes toolbar, make sure its "Visible" property is set to "on":
2. If you are using MATLAB R2020a or a later release, to achieve this programmatically, use "copygraphics". Specify the axes handle to copy the axes only.
For example,
copygraphics(ax);
3. If you are using a MATLAB release before MATLAB R2020a, an alternative programmatic solution is to use 'ScreenCapture', a File Exchange pick of the week. This code can copy images of figures - as well as specific components within a figure - to the clipboard.
More information can be found on this blog post:
Please note that this function is user-submitted, so it is not officially supported or checked for bugs.
