Using suptitle overrides ('visible', 'off') figure property

Hi all,

this problem has been reported elsewhere, but no solution yet. I m using this version of suptitle.m:

Link to suptitle being used

Here a sample code. If you are working in a remote computer without X forward or any X installed at all, you d like to avoid figures poping up like that.

fig1 = figure(1, 'visible', 'off')
subplot(2,1,1)
plot(1:3,1:3)
subplot(2,1,2)
plot(1:5,1:5)
suptitle('This is a bigger title')

Questions: Is there a fix? Is there a newer version of suptitle?

thx...

[Walter Roberson]

Note: the current version of suptitle is at https://github.com/probml/pmtk3/blob/master/matlabTools/graphics/suptitle.m

Answer 1

[per isakson]

Try to comment out the line axes(haold); at the end of suptitle

    ....
    %   axes(haold);
        if nargout,
            hout=ht;
        end
    end

That helps on R2013a, Win7.

Doc says:

    axes(h) makes existing axes h the current axes and brings the figure 
    containing it into focus.

I don't know if it is possible to make existing axes h the current without affecting the figure.

[Sergio Vidal]

This issue is still not solved in 2017a version. This solution may not be fancy but solves the problem. Thanks.

[Walter Roberson]

You can set the figure CurrentAxes property to make an axes current without bringing it into focus.