This page documents the visible properties returned by properties for a textbox annotation.
| Property | Action | Type and supported values |
|---|---|---|
| BackgroundColor | updates rendered output on the next graphics refresh. | Type: color value. Supported values: 'red'/'r', 'green'/'g', 'blue'/'b', 'cyan'/'c', 'magenta'/'m', 'yellow'/'y', 'black'/'k', 'white'/'w', RGB triplet [r g b] with values in [0,1], or hexadecimal color '#RRGGBB'/'#RGB'. |
| BeingDeleted | Nelson computes this value; graphics operations update it. | Type: text scalar or character row vector. Supported values: 'off', 'on'. |
| BusyAction | controls whether an interrupting callback is queued or canceled. | Type: text scalar or character row vector. Supported values: 'queue', 'cancel'. |
| ButtonDownFcn | runs when you click the object. | Type: callback value. Supported values: [], function handle, character vector, string scalar, or callback cell array. |
| Children | parenting operations update the vector. | Type: graphics object handle vector. Supported values: empty vector or child handles. |
| Color | updates rendered output on the next graphics refresh. | Type: color value. Supported values: 'red'/'r', 'green'/'g', 'blue'/'b', 'cyan'/'c', 'magenta'/'m', 'yellow'/'y', 'black'/'k', 'white'/'w', RGB triplet [r g b] with values in [0,1], or hexadecimal color '#RRGGBB'/'#RGB'. |
| ContextMenu | assigns the context menu displayed on right-click. | Type: graphics object handle scalar. Supported values: empty handle or a context menu object handle. |
| CreateFcn | runs when the object is created. | Type: callback value. Supported values: [], function handle, character vector, string scalar, or callback cell array. |
| DeleteFcn | runs when the object is deleted. | Type: callback value. Supported values: [], function handle, character vector, string scalar, or callback cell array. |
| EdgeColor | updates rendered output on the next graphics refresh. | Type: color value or color mode keyword. Supported values: 'red'/'r', 'green'/'g', 'blue'/'b', 'cyan'/'c', 'magenta'/'m', 'yellow'/'y', 'black'/'k', 'white'/'w', RGB triplet [r g b] with values in [0,1], or hexadecimal color '#RRGGBB'/'#RGB', 'none', 'flat', 'interp'. |
| FaceAlpha | changes annotation fill transparency. | Type: numeric scalar. Supported values: value in [0,1]. |
| FitBoxToText | resizes textbox annotation bounds to fit its text when enabled. | Type: on/off value. Supported values: 'on', 'off', true, or false. |
| FontAngle | updates rendered output on the next graphics refresh. | Type: text scalar or character row vector. Supported values: 'normal', 'italic'. |
| FontName | updates rendered output on the next graphics refresh. | Type: text scalar or character row vector. Supported values: a system font name or 'FixedWidth'. |
| FontSize | recomputes geometry, limits, or layout. | Type: finite numeric scalar. Supported values: finite scalar value. |
| FontUnits | changes how FontSize is converted for rendered text. | Type: text keyword. Supported values: 'points', 'inches', 'centimeters', 'normalized', or 'pixels'. |
| FontWeight | updates rendered output on the next graphics refresh. | Type: text scalar or character row vector. Supported values: 'normal', 'bold'. |
| HandleVisibility | controls whether the object handle is listed by handle searches. | Type: text scalar or character row vector. Supported values: 'on', 'callback', 'off'. |
| HitTest | controls whether the object can capture mouse clicks. | Type: text scalar or character row vector. Supported values: 'on', 'off'. |
| HorizontalAlignment | aligns annotation text horizontally. | Type: text keyword. Supported values: 'left', 'center', or 'right'. |
| Interpreter | changes how annotation text markup is interpreted. | Type: text keyword. Supported values: 'tex', 'latex', or 'none'. |
| Interruptible | controls whether a running callback can be interrupted. | Type: text scalar or character row vector. Supported values: 'on', 'off'. |
| LineStyle | updates rendered output on the next graphics refresh. | Type: text scalar or character row vector. Supported values: '-', '--', ':', '-.', 'none'. |
| LineWidth | updates rendered output on the next graphics refresh. | Type: finite numeric scalar. Supported values: value greater than or equal to 0. |
| Margin | changes the spacing between textbox text and its outline. | Type: nonnegative finite numeric scalar. Supported values: value greater than or equal to 0 in pixels. |
| Parent | reparents the object and updates Children on the old and new parents. | Type: graphics object handle scalar. Supported values: a valid parent handle for the object class. |
| PickableParts | controls which parts of the object can capture mouse clicks. | Type: text scalar or character row vector. Supported values: 'visible', 'all', 'none'. |
| Position | updates annotation location and size; line-like annotations also update X and Y endpoints. | Type: four-element numeric vector. Supported values: [x y width height] for shape and textbox annotations, or [xstart ystart dx dy] for line-like annotations. |
| Rotation | rotates the annotation around its anchor point. | Type: finite numeric scalar. Supported values: rotation angle in degrees. |
| Selected | indicates whether the object is currently selected. | Type: text scalar or character row vector. Supported values: 'on', 'off'. |
| SelectionHighlight | controls whether selection handles are drawn when the object is selected. | Type: text scalar or character row vector. Supported values: 'on', 'off'. |
| String | updates displayed text content. | Type: text value. Supported values: character row vector, string scalar, string array, or cell array of character row vectors. |
| Tag | updates the stored object state. | Type: text scalar or character row vector. Supported values: empty text or an object identifier. |
| Type | Nelson computes this value; graphics operations update it. | Type: text scalar or character row vector. Supported values: read-only object type name, for example 'figure', 'axes', 'line', or 'scatter'. |
| Units | changes how annotation position values are interpreted and converts Position, X, and Y. | Type: text keyword. Supported values: 'normalized', 'inches', 'centimeters', 'characters', 'points', or 'pixels'. |
| UserData | updates the stored object state. | Type: Nelson array. Supported values: any Nelson value, including [], numeric arrays, text, cells, structures, or handles. |
| VerticalAlignment | aligns annotation text vertically. | Type: text keyword. Supported values: 'top', 'middle', or 'bottom'. |
| Visible | updates rendered output on the next graphics refresh. | Type: text scalar or character row vector. Supported values: 'on', 'off'. |
f = figure('Visible', 'off');
h = annotation(f, 'textbox', [0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2], 'String', 'note');
names = properties(h);
close(f)