Display or hide axes grid lines (2024)

Display or hide axes grid lines

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x = linspace(0,10);y = sin(x);plot(x,y)grid on

[X,Y,Z] = peaks; surf(X,Y,Z)grid off

x = linspace(0,10);y = sin(x);plot(x,y)grid ongrid minor

x = linspace(0,10);y1 = sin(x);y2 = sin(3*x);tiledlayout(2,1)% Top plotax1 = nexttile;plot(ax1,x,y1)% Bottom plotax2 = nexttile;plot(ax2,x,y2)grid(ax2,'on')

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• When working with Cartesian axes, some axes propertiesaffect the appearance of the grid lines. This table lists a subsetof axes properties related to the grid lines.

  Axes Property	Description
  XTick, YTick, ZTick	Location of tick marks and major grid lines for each axis direction
  XGrid, YGrid, ZGrid	Display of major grid lines for each axis direction
  XMinorGrid, YMinorGrid, ZMinorGrid	Display of minor grid lines for each axis direction
  LineWidth	Line width of grid lines, axes box outline, and tick marks
  GridLineStyle	Major grid line style
  MinorGridLineStyle	Minor grid line style
  GridColor	Major grid line color
  MinorGridColor	Minor grid line color
  GridAlpha	Major grid line transparency
  MinorGridAlpha	Minor grid line transparency
  Layer	Location of grid lines in relation to the plotted data

• When working with polar axes, some polar axes propertiesaffect the appearance of the grid lines. This table lists a subsetof polar axes properties related to the grid lines.

  PolarAxes Property	Description
  ThetaTick, RTick	Location of tick marks and major grid lines for each axis direction
  ThetaGrid, RGrid	Display of major grid lines for each axis direction
  ThetaMinorGrid, RMinorGrid	Display of minor grid lines for each axis direction
  LineWidth	Width of outline, tick marks, and grid lines
  GridLineStyle	Major grid line style
  MinorGridLineStyle	Minor grid line style
  GridColor	Major grid line color
  MinorGridColor	Minor grid line color
  GridAlpha	Major grid line transparency
  MinorGridAlpha	Minor grid line transparency
  Layer	Location of grid lines in relation to the plotted data

• When working with geographic axes, some geographic axes properties affect the appearance of the grid lines. This table lists a subset of geographic axes properties related to the grid lines. Note that GeographicAxes objects do not support minor grid lines.

  GeographicAxes Property	Description
  Grid	Display of latitude and longitude grid lines
  LineWidth	Line width of grid lines, box outline, and tick marks
  GridLineStyle	Grid line style
  GridColor	Color of grid lines
  GridAlpha	Grid line transparency

• XGrid, YGrid, and ZGrid when working with Cartesian Axes objects.

• ThetaGrid and RGrid whenworking with PolarAxes objects.

• Grid when working with GeographicAxes objects.

• GridVisible when working with othertypes of graphics objects, such as a HeatmapChart object.

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