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title_properties
Scilab Data type

title_properties - description of the Title entity properties

Description

The Title entity as the x_, y_ and z_label, is a child of an Axes entity. This entity defines the parameters for title string drawing:

visible: This field contains the visible property value for the entity . It should be "on" or "off" .By default, the title is visible, so the value's property is "on" . If "off" the title is not displayed on the screen.
text: This field is the character string vector which contains the title : the "@" character indicates the end of a line.
font_size: The font_size property is used to select the type of size of the title. Its value should be an integer in between 0 and 5 whith stands for 8pt, 10pt, 12pt, 14pt, 18pt and 24pt.
font_style: Seven differents fonts are available : "Courrier", "Symbol", "Times", "Times Italic", "Times Bold", "User defined". The font_size property is an index in [0 6] which is associated to the previous font names.
foreground: This field contains the color used to display the title. Its value should be a color index (relative to the current colormap).
parent: This property contains the handle of the parent. The parent of the title entity is always of type "Axes" .

Examples

   

   set("figure_style","new") //create a figure
   a=get("current_axes"); 
   a.data_bounds=[-2,-4;2,4];
   a.axes_visible="on"; 
   a.box="off"; 

   xtitle(['Titre';'Principal'],'x','y');
   t=a.title;
   t.text //display text on console
   t.font_size=4;
   t.text="A brand new@title string"  
   t.font_style=5;
   a.x_location="middle"; 
   a.y_location="right";
  

 
  

See Also

set ,   get ,   delete ,   xstring ,   xtitle ,   graphics_entities ,   label_properties ,  

Author

Djalel ABDEMOUCHE

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