have a figure slide under another

Hi, I would like to have figure2 slide from behind figure 1 when I push a button. Unfortunately I was able to accoplish all that with exception of the sliding from behind. Each time I set the posiion it bring figure 2 to front and stays there. I know I can push figure 2 back behind figure 1 once I set the position however it does not look good or natural. Any ideas how to keep figure 2 behind the whole time? Thank you

 figure 1
 figure2('Visible','off') 
 figure(figure1)

 for i = 1:65.2
    set(figure2,'Position',[103.2+i 34.0769+10 62.8 15.6923])
 end

Answer 1

[Sean de Wolski]

I don't really understand why you would want to do this, but here you go:

Updated

function moveFigureElegantly

hFig1 = figure;
set(hFig1,'units','normalized');
plot(1:10);
hFig2 = figure;
surf(peaks);

%Where do we want to go
trajectory = [sin(linspace(0,2*pi,100)).', cos(linspace(0,2*pi,100)).']./2+0.25;
ii = 0; %Where are we
% NOTE keeping width and height fixed, they could be changed as well

T = timer('Period',0.5,... %period
          'ExecutionMode','fixedRate',... %{singleShot,fixedRate,fixedSpacing,fixedDelay}
          'BusyMode','drop',... %{drop, error, queue}
          'TasksToExecute',200,...          
          'StartDelay',0,...
          'TimerFcn',@moveFig,...
          'StartFcn',[],...
          'StopFcn',[],...
          'ErrorFcn',[]);
start(T);

      function moveFig(~,~)
          % increment location
          ii = ii+1;

          %Move the figure
          set(hFig1,'position',[trajectory(ii,:), 0.5 0.5])        

          % reset after looping through
          if ii == size(trajectory,1)
              ii = 0;
          end                       
      end
  end

[Vincent I]

well, it still brings the figure 2 on top of figure 1 when I make it visible with the code below. I think what I'm going to do is use your idea to make it work. Thank you

[Sean de Wolski]

See the edits. Now it follows a trajectory. There are a few different ways you can do this; personally I like nested functions for this application.

Answer 2

[Evan]

Does this work?

% Example
f = figure; % create first figure
g = figure; % create second figure (appears in front of first)
figure(f) % bring first figure to front

I tried out your example, and calling the figure that should be "in front" like I did above inside the loop seemed to do the trick.

[Vincent I]

aaaaa NO

[Evan]

figure1 = figure;
figure2 = figure;
p = get(figure1,'Position');
for i = 1:10:p(3)
   set(figure2,'Position',[p(1)+i p(2)+10 p(3) p(4)]);
   figure(figure1);
end

Here's my example code. What exactly about it doesn't work for you?

[Vincent I]

this is what I've wrote in my initial post:

I know I can push figure 2 back behind figure 1 once I set the position however it does not look good or natural. Any ideas how to keep figure 2 behind the whole time?

[Evan]

Your post did not specify whether you meant you were bringing figure1 to the front after each iteration or at the very end. I assumed the latter.

What exactly do you mean "it does not look good or natural"? Is the moving figure somehow choppy, or is there a flicker? I find that, when I run the above code, the "animation" is smooth. Adding short pauses after each iteration also helps to make it a bit more fluid.

[Vincent I]

My appologies....

No, figure1 should stay in front of figure 2 the whole time figure 2 is moving to the right.

what I mean is the figure that I already have do look really choppy and yeah they do flicker.

[Evan]

Hmm, interesting. My way is certainly crude, though I don't experience any noticeable flicker due to the "bring to front." Perhaps Sean's solution will work for you.

Answer 3

[Vincent I]

solved it by doing the following:

 figure1
 t=figure2
 figure(figure1)

 for i=1:63
     set(t,'Position',[])
 end

the initial problem was that instead of setting the handle I was setting the position of the figure itself. Works now

Thank you for your help