Is it possible to make larger gap between xlabel and the x-axes?

How to set the gap/space between x or y legends and axes?

Answer 1

[Jos (10584)]

You can use SET and GET:

xh = get(gca,'xlabel') % handle to the label object
p = get(xh,'position') % get the current position property
p(2) = 2*p(2) ;        % double the distance, 
                       % negative values put the label below the axis
set(xh,'position',p)   % set the new position

[Mr M.]

thanks, it doubles the distence, but the problem is that it goes out of the figure!

[Jos (10584)]

Try another value than 2, like p(2) = 1.1 * p(2)

[Lars Abrahamsson]

Even very small movement might go out of the picture:

clear all
close all

TestX   = randn(1,10);
TestY   = randn(1,10);

X       = cumsum(TestX);
Y       = cumsum(TestY);

figure
plot(X,Y)
xlabel('balle')
ylabel('bolle')


figure
plot(X,Y)
xlabel('balle')
ylabel('bolle')

xh = get(gca,'xlabel') % handle to the label object
p = get(xh,'position') % get the current position property
p(2) = - 0.1 + p(2) ;       % double the distance, 
                       % negative values put the label below the axis
set(xh,'position',p)   % set the new position

For example.

Is there nothing that can be doune against it?

Answer 2

[Tongyao Pu]

Maybe it is too late for your problem, but another way could be just adding an extra blank line:

title({'the title you want to add',' '}) 

[BN]

What if I want to increase the gap between ylabel and the y-axes?

[Enrico Maria Turco]

yl=get(gca,'ylabel');

pyl = get(yl,'position');

pyl(1) = 1.05*pyl(1);

set(yl,'position',pyl)

Note that a minor change of 0.05 might be sufficient to have enough space.