Get current figure size in MATLAB

Question

Simple question: How do you get the current figure size in MATLAB?

Example:

figure(1)
[width, height] = ****some function I'm not aware of****

Googling this always returns how to change the window size but not how to just get the current window size.

Any help is appreciated.

Cheers

The methods you found use `set`... just use `get` instead. `h = get(gcf, 'Position');`, then look at the last two elements. — rayryeng, Sep 22 '15 at 20:32

Luis Mendo · Accepted Answer · 2015-09-22T20:32:33.720

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pos = get(gcf, 'Position'); %// gives x left, y bottom, width, height
width = pos(3);
height = pos(4);

edited Sep 22 '15 at 20:32

answered Sep 22 '15 at 20:31

Luis Mendo

@rayryeng Hahaha. Easy one – Luis Mendo Sep 22 '15 at 20:32
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So was I but I wasted time looking for a duplicate first! – IKavanagh Sep 22 '15 at 20:33
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I spent 3 minutes looking for a duplicate... I thought there would be one, but there isn't. *shakes fist* – rayryeng Sep 22 '15 at 20:33
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@IKavanagh And I also stole an accepted answer from you today... sorry about that :-) – Luis Mendo Sep 22 '15 at 20:34
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@LuisMendo I know :( but I learnt 2 new things from you today with that answer so its all good. The obvious Java stuff but the clearly cooler tag! – IKavanagh Sep 22 '15 at 20:36
Thanks, sorry it was a very simple question. – Darcy Sep 22 '15 at 21:20
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@Darcy - Even the simplest questions help us in the long run. We are surprised that we couldn't find a duplicate. We're very glad you established that precedent now! – rayryeng Sep 22 '15 at 21:22

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