Setting default XLimitMethod not working

Hello there,

first question of mine, so let me know if you need more information!

Here is basically what i want to do:

The default for all figures should be similar to the call

axis padded

after one single figure.

I tried to establish this with

set(groot,'DefaultAxesXLimitMethod',"padded")

but this call gives the error

Error using matlab.ui.Root/set
Unrecognized property XLimitMethod for class Axes.

Now i am puzzled by this error as i came up with the set call by ways of the Axes Properties site in the documentation (https://de.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/matlab.graphics.axis.axes-properties.html#budumk7_sep_mw_7623f06d-1795-480f-b113-e08ce76e79d5) under Rulers -> XLimitMethod, YLimitMethod, ZLimitMethod.

Perhaps some spelling error or some other label (not XLimitMethod) for this call?

Calls like

set(groot,'DefaultAxesDataAspectRatioMode',"manual")
set(groot,'DefaultAxesPlotBoxAspectRatioMode',"manual")
set(groot,'DefaultAxesDataAspectRatio',[1 1 1])
set(groot,'DefaultAxesPlotBoxAspectRatio',[1 1 1])

work just fine and i grabbed these from the same documentation.

Thank you for your time,

Best regards

[Cris LaPierre]

Works for me. What version of MATLAB are you using?

[Jakob Meyer]

Right now the version R2020b.

Will update it to R2021a and then you about whether the problem remains.

Answer 1

[Cris LaPierre]

That would explain it. This appears to be a new property that was added in R2021a.

https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/matlab.graphics.axis.axes-properties.html#budumk7_sep_mw_7623f06d-1795-480f-b113-e08ce76e79d5

When you look at the documentation specifically for R2020b, no mention is made of XLimitMethod.

https://www.mathworks.com/help/releases/R2020b/matlab/ref/matlab.graphics.axis.axes-properties.html

[Jakob Meyer]

Jup, that was it!

Updating to 2021a was all it needed.

Thank you very much