Use shorthand for text layout

Allows you to specify alignment options using single character flags.

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Shorthand layout of text objects
USAGE: h=ltext(x,y,s,flags[,parameter-value-pairs])
flags is a string of one character layout options for the text object.
Valid options are:
n: normalized-units
c: center horizontal alignment
r: right horizontal alignment
l: left horizontal alignment
t: top vertical alignment
b: bottom vertical alignment
m: middle vertical alignment

EXAMPLE:
ltext(1,1,'Text in top left corner','nrt')

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Aslak Grinsted 2014

Cite As

Aslak Grinsted (2026). Use shorthand for text layout (https://uk.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/48305-use-shorthand-for-text-layout), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

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MATLAB Release Compatibility

  • Compatible with any release

Platform Compatibility

  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux
Version Published Release Notes Action
1.1.0.0

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1.0.0.0