mouse3d

Easily zoom, pan, rotate the camera in a Matlab axis with left/center/right mouse button
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Updated 1 Jul 2010

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This function MOUSE3D enables mouse camera control on an certain figure axes.

Enable mouse control with mouse3d(axis-handle) or just mouse3d

MouseButtons
Left : Rotate
Right : Zoom
Center : Pan
Keys
'r' : Change mouse rotation from inplane to outplane
'i' : Go back to initial view

Example,
[X,Y,Z] = peaks(30);
surf(X,Y,Z)
colormap hsv
% Enable mouse control
mouse3d

Cite As

Dirk-Jan Kroon (2026). mouse3d (https://uk.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/28095-mouse3d), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

MATLAB Release Compatibility
Created with R2010a
Compatible with any release
Platform Compatibility
Windows macOS Linux
Version Published Release Notes
1.0.0.0