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## 2.2: Axes inside layouts

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When using layouts to position axes, the position property is set by the layout, not the user. Whether the `Position` or `OuterPosition` property is used is determined by the `ActivePositionProperty` property of the `axes`. Note that the default setting is "outerposition".

The following example illustrates the two usages.

#### Open a window

Open a new figure window and remove the toolbar and menus.

    window = figure( 'Name', 'Axes inside layouts', ...
                'MenuBar', 'none', ...
                'Toolbar', 'none', ...
                'NumberTitle', 'off' );

#### Create the layout

The layout involves two axes side by side. This is done using a flexible horizontal box. The left-hand axes is left with the `ActivePositionProperty` set to "outerposition", but the right-hand axes is switched to use `Position`.

    hbox = uix.HBoxFlex('Parent', window, 'Spacing', 3);
    axes1 = axes( 'Parent', hbox, ...
        'ActivePositionProperty', 'outerposition' );
    axes2 = axes( 'Parent', hbox, ...
        'ActivePositionProperty', 'Position' );
    set( hbox, 'Widths', [-2 -1] );

#### Fill the axes

Using `OuterPosition` (left-hand axes) is the normal mode and looks good for virtually any plot type. Using `Position` is only really useful for 2D plots with the axes turned off, such as images.

    x = membrane( 1, 15 );
    surf( axes1, x );
    lighting( axes1, 'gouraud' );
    shading( axes1, 'interp' );
    l = light( 'Parent', axes1 );
    camlight( l, 'head' );
    axis( axes1, 'tight' );

    imagesc( x, 'Parent', axes2 );
    set( axes2, 'xticklabel', [], 'yticklabel', [] );

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