Distance between axis label and axis in MATLAB figure

Question

I\'m plotting some data with MATLAB and I\'d like to adjust the distance between axis label and the axis itself. However, simply adding a bit to the \"Position\" property of the

Answer 1

You can accomplish this by adjusting the position of the axis an xlabel. I also suggest using "normalized" units so your positioning does not depend on the data range. Here's an example:

figure
plot(rand(1,10))

set(gca, 'Units', 'Normalized');
pos = get(gca, 'Position');
offset = 0.1;
set(gca, ...
    'Box'         , 'off'                        , ...
    'LooseInset'  , get(gca, 'TightInset') * 1.5 , ...
    'TickDir'     , 'in'                         , ...
    'XMinorTick'  , 'off'                        , ...
    'YMinorTick'  , 'off'                        , ...
    'TickLength'  , [.02 .02]                    , ...
    'LineWidth'   , 1                            , ...
    'XGrid'       , 'off'                        , ...
    'YGrid'       , 'off'                        , ...
    'FontSize'    , 18                           , ...
    'Position'    , pos + [0, offset, 0, -offset]);

h = xlabel('Time (s)');
set(h, 'Units', 'Normalized');
pos = get(h, 'Position');
set(h, 'Position', pos + [0, -offset, 0]);