tiledlayout
Syntax
Description
tiledlayout(
creates a tiled chart layout for displaying multiple plots in the current figure. The layout has a fixedm
,n
)m
-by-n
tile arrangement that can display up tom*n
plots. If there is no figure, MATLAB®creates a figure and places the layout into it. If the current figure contains an existing axes or layout, MATLAB replaces it with a new layout.
A tiled chart layout contains an invisible grid of tiles that covers the entire figure or parent container. Each tile can contain an axes for displaying a plot. After creating a layout, call thenexttile
function to place an axes object into the layout. Then call a plotting function to plot into the axes.
tiledlayout(
creates a layout that can hold any number of axes. Initially, there is only one empty tile that fills the entire layout. Specify an arrangement value to control the placement of subsequent axes:arrangement
)
"flow"
— Create a layout for a grid of axes that can reflow depending on the size of the figure and the number of axes."vertical"
— Create a layout for a vertical stack of axes.(since R2023a)"horizontal"
— Create a layout for a horizontal stack of axes.(since R2023a)
You can specify thearrangement
argument without parentheses. For example,tiledlayout vertical
creates a layout for a vertical stack of axes.
tiledlayout(___,
specifies additional options for the layout using one or more name-value pair arguments. Specify the options after all other input arguments. For example,Name,Value
)tiledlayout(2,2,"TileSpacing","compact")
creates a 2-by-2 layout with minimal spacing between the tiles. For a list of properties, seeTiledChartLayout Properties.
tiledlayout(
creates the layout in the specified parent container rather than in the current figure. Specify the parent container before all other input arguments.父
,___)
t = tiledlayout(___)
returns theTiledChartLayout
object. Uset
to configure properties of the layout after creating it.
Examples
Create 2-by-2 Layout
Create a2
-by-2
tiled chart layout, and call thepeaks
function to get the coordinates of a predefined surface. Create an axes object in the first tile by calling thenexttile
function. Then call thesurf
function to plot into the axes. Repeat the process using different plotting functions for the other three tiles.
tiledlayout(2,2); [X,Y,Z] = peaks(20);% Tile 1nexttile surf(X,Y,Z)% Tile 2nexttile contour(X,Y,Z)% Tile 3nexttile imagesc(Z)% Tile 4nexttile plot3(X,Y,Z)
Specify Flow Tile Arrangement
Create four coordinate vectors:x
,y1
,y2
, andy3
. Call thetiledlayout
function with the'flow'
argument to create a tiled chart layout that can accommodate any number of axes. Call thenexttile
function to create the first axes. Then ploty1
in the first tile. This first plot fills the entire layout.
x = linspace (0, 30);日元= sin (x / 2);y2 = sin (x / 3);y3 = sin(x/4);% Plot into first tile three timestiledlayout('flow') nexttile plot(x,y1)
Create a second tile and axes, and plot into the axes.
nexttile plot(x,y2)
Repeat the process to create a third plot.
nexttile plot(x,y3)
Repeat the process to create a fourth plot. This time, plot all three lines in the same axes by callinghold on
after plottingy1
.
nexttile plot(x,y1) holdonplot(x,y2) plot(x,y3) holdoff
Create Vertical Stack of Plots
Create a tiled chart layout that has a vertical stack of plots by specifying the"vertical"
option when you call thetiledlayout
function. Then create three plots by calling thenexttile
function followed by a plotting function. Each time you callnexttile
, a new axes object is added to the bottom of the stack.
tiledlayout("vertical") x = 0:0.1:5; nexttile plot(x,sin(x)) nexttile plot(x,sin(x+1)) nexttile plot(x,sin(x+2))
Create Horizontal Stack of Plots
Create a tiled chart layout that has a horizontal stack of plots by specifying the"horizontal"
option when you call thetiledlayout
function. Then create three plots by calling thenexttile
function followed by a plotting function. Each time you callnexttile
, a new axes object is added to the right side of the stack.
tiledlayout("horizontal") x = 0:0.1:10;nexttile情节(x, sin (x / 2)) nexttileplot(x,sin(x)) nexttile plot(x,sin(2*x))
Adjust Layout Spacing
Create five coordinate vectors:x
,y1
,y2
,y3
, andy4
. Then call thetiledlayout
function to create a2
-by-2
layout and specify a return argument to store theTileChartLayout
object. Call thenexttile
function to create an axes object in the next empty tile before calling theplot
function.
x = linspace (0, 30);y1 = sin(x); y2 = sin(x/2); y3 = sin(x/3); y4 = sin(x/4); t = tiledlayout(2,2);% Tile 1nexttile plot(x,y1)% Tile 2nexttile plot(x,y2)% Tile 3nexttile plot(x,y3)% Tile 4nexttile plot(x,y4)
Decrease the amount of space between the tiles by setting theTileSpacing
property to'compact'
. Then decrease the space between the edges of the layout and the edges of the figure by setting thePadding
property to'compact'
.
t.TileSpacing ='compact'; t.Padding ='compact';
Create Shared Title and Axis Labels
Create a2
-by-2
tiled chart layoutt
. Specify theTileSpacing
名称-值对参数减少空间的选择ween the tiles. Then create a titled plot in each tile.
t = tiledlayout(2,2,'TileSpacing','Compact');% Tile 1nexttile plot(rand(1,20)) title('Sample 1')% Tile 2nexttile plot(rand(1,20)) title('Sample 2')% Tile 3nexttile plot(rand(1,20)) title('Sample 3')% Tile 4nexttile plot(rand(1,20)) title('Sample 4')
Display a shared title and axis labels by passingt
to thetitle
,xlabel
, andylabel
functions.
title(t,'Size vs. Distance') xlabel(t,'Distance (mm)') ylabel(t,'Size (mm)')
Create Layout in a Panel
Create a panel in a figure. Then create a tiled chart layout in the panel by specifying the panel object as the first argument to thetiledlayout
function. Display a plot in each tile.
p = uipanel('Position',[.1 .2 .8 .6]); t = tiledlayout(p,2,1);% Tile 1nexttile(t) stem(1:13)% Tile 2nexttile(t) bar([10 22 31 43 52])
Set Properties on the Axes
Call thetiledlayout
function to create a2
-by-1
tiled chart layout. Call thenexttile
function with an output argument to store the axes. Then plot into the axes, and set thex- and y-axis colors to red. Repeat the process in the second tile.
t = tiledlayout(2,1);% First tileax1 = nexttile; plot([1 2 3 4 5],[11 6 10 4 18]); ax1.XColor = [1 0 0]; ax1.YColor = [1 0 0];% Second tileax2 = nexttile; plot([1 2 3 4 5],[5 1 12 9 2],'o'); ax2.XColor = [1 0 0]; ax2.YColor = [1 0 0];
Create Axes That Span Multiple Rows and Columns
Definescores
andstrikes
as vectors containing bowling league data over four games. Then create a tiled chart layout and display three plots showing the number of strikes for each team.
scores = [444 460 380 387 366 500 365 451 611 548 412 452]; strikes = [9 6 5 6 4 8 4 7 16 10 9 8]; t = tiledlayout('flow');% Team 1nexttile plot([1 2 3 4],strikes(:,1),'-o') title('Team 1 Strikes')% Team 2nexttile plot([1 2 3 4],strikes(:,2),'-o') title('Team 2 Strikes')% Team 3nexttile plot([1 2 3 4],strikes(:,3),'-o') title('Team 3 Strikes')
Call thenexttile
function to create an axes object that spans two rows by three columns. Then display a bar graph in the axes with a legend, and configure the axis tick values and labels. Call thetitle
函数添加一个瓷砖the layout.
nexttile([2 3]); bar([1 2 3 4],scores) legend('Team 1',“团队2”,'Team 3','Location','northwest')% Configure ticks and axis labelsxticks([1 2 3 4]) xlabel('Game') ylabel('Score')% Add layout titletitle(t,'April Bowling League Data')
Span Axes at Specific Tile Number
To span an axes object from a specific location, specify the tile number and the span value.
Definescores
andstrikes
as vectors containing bowling league data over four games. Then create a3
-by-3
tiled chart layout and display five bar graphs showing the number of strikes for each team.
scores = [444 460 380 388 389 387 366 500 467 460 365 451 611 426 495 548 412 452 471 402]; strikes = [9 6 5 7 5 6 4 8 10 7 4 7 16 9 9 10 9 8 8 9]; t = tiledlayout(3,3);% Team 1nexttile bar([1 2 3 4],strikes(:,1)) title('Team 1 Strikes')% Team 2nexttile bar([1 2 3 4],strikes(:,2)) title('Team 2 Strikes')% Team 3nexttile bar([1 2 3 4],strikes(:,3)) title('Team 3 Strikes')% Team 4nexttile bar([1 2 3 4],strikes(:,4)) title('Team 4 Strikes')% Team 5nexttile(7) bar([1 2 3 4],strikes(:,5)) title('Team 5 Strikes')
Display a larger plot with a legend. Call thenexttile
function to place the upper left corner of the axes in the fifth tile, and span the axes across two rows by two columns of tiles. Plot the scores for all the teams. Configure thex-axis to display four ticks, and add labels to each axis. Then add a shared title at the top of the layout.
nexttile(5,[2 2]); plot([1 2 3 4],scores,'-.') labels = {'Team 1',“团队2”,'Team 3','Team 4','Team 5'}; legend(labels,'Location','northwest')% Configure ticks and axis labelsxticks([1 2 3 4]) xlabel('Game') ylabel('Score')% Add layout titletitle(t,'April Bowling League Data')
Display Polar and Geographic Plots
Create a 1-by-2 tiled chart layout. In the first tile, display a geographic plot containing a line that connects two cities on a map. In the second tile, create a scatter plot in polar coordinates.
tiledlayout(1,2)% Display geographic plotnexttile geoplot([47.62 61.20],[-122.33 -149.90],'g-*')% Display polar plotnexttile theta = pi/4:pi/4:2*pi; rho = [19 6 12 18 16 11 15 15]; polarscatter(theta,rho)
Reconfigure Content in Previous Tile
One of the ways that thenexttile
output argument is useful is when you want to adjust the content in a previous tile. For example, you might decide to reconfigure the colormap used in a previous plot.
Create a 2-by-2 tiled chart layout. Call thepeaks
function to get the coordinates for a predefined surface. Then create a different plot of the surface in each tile.
tiledlayout(2,2); [X,Y,Z] = peaks(20);% Tile 1nexttile surf(X,Y,Z)% Tile 2nexttile contour(X,Y,Z)% Tile 3nexttile imagesc(Z)% Tile 4nexttile plot3(X,Y,Z)
To change the colormap in the third tile, get the axes in that tile. Call thenexttile
function by specifying the tile number, and return the axes output argument. Then pass the axes to thecolormap
function.
ax = nexttile(3); colormap(ax,cool)
Reconfigure Spanned Axes
Create a 2-by-3 tiled chart layout containing two plots in individual tiles, and one plot that spans across two rows and two columns.
t = tiledlayout(2,3); [X,Y,Z] = peaks;% Tile 1nexttile contour(X,Y,Z)% Span across two rows and columnsnexttile([2 2]) contourf(X,Y,Z)% Last tilenexttile imagesc(Z)
To change the colormap for the spanned axes, identify the tile location as one containing the upper-left corner of the axes. In this case, the upper-left corner is in the second tile. Call thenexttile
function with2
as tile location, and specify an output argument to return the axes object at that location. Then pass the axes to thecolormap
function.
ax = nexttile(2); colormap(ax,hot)
Replace Content in Previous Tile
Load thepatients
data set and create a table from a subset of the variables. Then create a2
-by-2
tiled chart layout. Display a scatter plot in the first tile, a heatmap in the second tile, and a stacked plot across the bottom two tiles.
loadpatientstbl = table(Diastolic,Smoker,Systolic,Height,Weight,SelfAssessedHealthStatus); tiledlayout(2,2)% Scatter plotnexttile scatter(tbl.Height,tbl.Weight)% Heatmapnexttile heatmap(tbl,'Smoker','SelfAssessedHealthStatus','Title','Smoker''s Health');% Stacked plotnexttile([1 2]) stackedplot(tbl,{'Systolic','Diastolic'});
Callnexttile
, and specify the tile number as1
to make the axes in that tile the current axes. Replace the contents of that tile with a scatter histogram.
nexttile(1) scatterhistogram(tbl,'Height','Weight');
Display Shared Colorbar in Separate Tile
When you want to share a colorbar or legend between two or more plots, you can place it in a separate tile.
Create filled contour plots of thepeaks
andmembrane
data sets in a tiled chart layout.
Z1 = peaks; Z2 = membrane; tiledlayout(2,1); nexttile contourf(Z1) nexttile contourf(Z2)
Add a colorbar, and move it to the east tile.
cb = colorbar; cb.Layout.Tile ='east';
Create Axes Withoutnexttile
and Position it Manually
Occasionally, you might need to create the axes by calling one of the axes functions (axes
,polaraxes
, orgeoaxes
). When you create the axes with one of these functions, specify the父
argument as the tiled chart layout. Then position the axes by setting theLayout
房地产在轴上。
Create a tiled chart layoutt
and specify the'flow'
tile arrangement. Display a plot in each of the first three tiles.
t = tiledlayout('flow'); nexttile plot(rand(1,10)); nexttile plot(rand(1,10)); nexttile plot(rand(1,10));
Create a geographic axes objectgax
by calling thegeoaxes
function and specifyt
as the parent argument. By default, the axes goes into the first tile, so move it to the fourth tile by settinggax.Layout.Tile
to4
. Span the axes across a2
-by-3
region of tiles by settinggax.Layout.TileSpan
to[2 3]
.
gax = geoaxes(t); gax.Layout.Tile = 4; gax.Layout.TileSpan = [2 3];
Call thegeoplot
function. Then configure the map center and zoom level for the axes.
geoplot(gax,[47.62 61.20],[-122.33 -149.90],'g-*') gax.MapCenter = [47.62 -122.33]; gax.ZoomLevel = 2;
Input Arguments
m
—Number of rows
positive whole number
Number of rows, specified as a positive whole number.
Example:tiledlayout(2,3)
creates a tiled chart layout that has two rows and three columns of tiles.
n
—Number of columns
positive whole number
Number of columns, specified as a positive whole number.
Example:tiledlayout(2,3)
creates a tiled chart layout that has two rows and three columns of tiles.
arrangement
—Tile arrangement
"flow"
|"vertical"
|"horizontal"
Tile arrangement, specified as one of these values:
"flow"
— Create a layout for a grid of axes. Each time you callnexttile
, the layout reflows as needed to accommodate the new axes while maintaining an aspect ratio of roughly 4:3 for all the axes."vertical"
— Create a layout for a vertical stack of axes. Each time you callnexttile
, a new axes object is added to the bottom of the stack.(since R2023a)"horizontal"
— Create a layout for a horizontal stack of axes. Each time you callnexttile
, a new axes object is added to the right side of the stack.(since R2023a)
Example:tiledlayout("vertical")
creates a layout for a vertical stack of axes.
父
—Parent container
Figure
object|Panel
object|Tab
object|TiledChartLayout
object
Parent container, specified as aFigure
,Panel
,Tab
, orTiledChartLayout
object.
Name-Value Arguments
Specify optional pairs of arguments asName1=Value1,...,NameN=ValueN
, whereName
is the argument name andValue
is the corresponding value. Name-value arguments must appear after other arguments, but the order of the pairs does not matter.
Before R2021a, use commas to separate each name and value, and encloseName
in quotes.
Example:tiledlayout(2,2,"TileSpacing","compact")
creates a 2-by-2 layout that has minimal spacing between the tiles.
Note
The properties listed here are only a subset. For a complete list, seeTiledChartLayout Properties.
TileSpacing
—Tile spacing
"loose"
(default) |"compact"
|"tight"
|"none"
Tile spacing, specified as"loose"
,"compact"
,"tight"
or"none"
. Use this property to control the spacing between the tiles.
This table shows how each value affects the appearance of a2
-by-2
layout.
Value | Appearance |
---|---|
|
|
"compact" |
|
"tight" |
|
"none" |
|
Padding
—Padding around layout
"loose"
(default) |"compact"
|"tight"
Padding around the perimeter of the layout, specified as"loose"
,"compact"
, or"tight"
. The layout provides space for all decorations, such as axis labels, regardless of the value of this property.
This table shows how each value affects the appearance of a2
-by-2
layout.
Value | Appearance |
---|---|
|
|
"compact" |
|
"tight" |
|
中on History
Introduced in R2019bR2023a:Stack the axes vertically or horizontally
Create a vertical or horizontal layout by specifying"vertical"
or"horizontal"
as thearrangement
value when you calltiledlayout
.
R2021a:Tile spacing and padding options have new names and behavior
When you create a tiled chart layout, some of theTileSpacing
andPadding
properties provide a different result or have new names.
The newTileSpacing
options are"loose"
,"compact"
,"tight"
, and"none"
. The newPadding
options are"loose"
,"compact"
, and"tight"
. The following tables describe how the previous options relate to the new options.
TileSpacing
Changes
PreviousTileSpacing Option |
R2021aTileSpacing Option |
How to Update Your Code |
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Consider changing instances of The |
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No changes needed. |
Not Applicable |
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The To preserve the spacing between the plot boxes, change instances of |
Padding
Changes
PreviousPadding Option |
R2021aPadding Option |
How to Update Your Code |
---|---|---|
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Consider changing instances of The |
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No changes needed. |
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Consider changing instances of The |
R2019b:Recommended oversubplot
tiledlayout
creates layouts that are more customizable and configurable than the layouts created bysubplot
. For example, you can create layouts with adjustable tile spacing, tiles that reflow according to the size of the figure, and better placed colorbars and legends.
See Also
Functions
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