How can I remove the tooltip from the exported figure?

I'm facing the issue where the exported .png files contain the pop up message of 'Click legend labels to toggle the line visibility'.

To elaborate, there are two figures generated and saved separately as follows:

set(gcf,'position',[100,100,1000,800]);
filepath = 'xxx';
filename = 'Sample 11-1 rep S11 magnitude';
figname_write = strcat(filepath,filename);
print(figname_write,'-dpng','-r0');

set(gcf,'position',[100,100,1000,800]);
filepath = 'xxx';
filename = 'Sample 11-1 rep S11 phase';
figname_write = strcat(filepath,filename);
print(figname_write,'-dpng','-r0');

The issue only happens to the first figure and not the second one, where the outcome looks like this (the yellow bar up top):

I tried to disable the interactivity with:

legendItems = findall(leg, '-property', 'ItemHitFcn');
set(legendItems, 'ItemHitFcn', '');

and it worked, but it seems like a temporary solution, as in this would have to added in every piece of code in the future to prevent the error and it is going to be a hassle. I'd like to know more about :

• Why the image export process captures this popup message
• How to solve this issue permanently, whether there's any setting in the preference I can adjust to make it go away.

Thanks!

Answer 1

[Benjamin Kraus]

This banner should only appear when you first move your mouse over the figure, and it should only remain visible for 5 seconds.

So, the easiest approach to avoid the banner in your exported images would be to:

• Avoid moving your mouse over the figure before exporting.
• Or wait at least 5 seconds after moving your mouse over the image before exporting.

If neither of those are acceptable solutions, it appears you can disable the banner like this:

setappdata(gcf,'ShownInteractiveBehaviorBanner',true);

[y w]

This works for me. Thanks for the clarifying the mechanism and sharing the command Benjamin!