How do I get the figure position from a plot?

I create a 3D contour plot like this:

[C,h]=contour3(w,p,green1,30);
 t=clabel(C,h);
 get(t(1));

This created a 3D plot and this output:

Annotation = [ (1 by 1) hg.Annotation array]
  BackgroundColor = none
  Color = [0 0 0]
  DisplayName = 
  EdgeColor = none
  Editing = off
  Extent = [ (1 by 4) double array]
  FontAngle = normal
  FontName = Helvetica
  FontSize = [10]
  FontUnits = points
  FontWeight = normal
  HorizontalAlignment = center
  LineStyle = -
  LineWidth = [0.5]
  Margin = [2]
  Position = [-0.661507 0.649385 -0.01794]
  Rotation = [290.824]
  String = -0.01794
  Units = data
  Interpreter = tex
  VerticalAlignment = middle
  BeingDeleted = off
  ButtonDownFcn = 
  Children = []
  Clipping = on
  CreateFcn = 
  DeleteFcn = 
  BusyAction = queue
  HandleVisibility = on
  HitTest = on
  Interruptible = on
  Parent = [170.001]
  Selected = off
  SelectionHighlight = on
  Tag = 
  Type = text
  UIContextMenu = []
  UserData = [-0.01794]
  Visible = on

I want to save matrix 'Position'. How do I do that?

[Andreas Goser]

Reformating the code would help to understand and reproduce

Answer 1

[Andreas Goser]

Using

get(t(1),'Position')

in your example code returns the 'Position' parameter only.

Answer 2

[Sandy Patel]

I wanted to expand a little on that answer from Andreas. You had asked in the title for the position of the figure: You would actually want to do

 get(h,'Position')

to get the Position of the figure on the screen.

To get the position(s) of the contour labels of the first contour you would do what Andreas posted:

 get(t(1),'Position')

Bear in mind this will return an x,y,z position for each label on that contour (it could appear more than one time).

Something I just wanted to add: I often find I do not conveniently have the handle of an object so I often get a property by making it the current object and then getting the property I desire. For example:

 get(gcf,'Position') % get the position of the current figure
 get(gca,'Position') % get the position of the current axis

Finally, remember down the road that (generally speaking) you can 'get' nearly every property of an object (figure, axes, lines, labels, etc.) described in the Matlab help, so there is a lot of usefulness in the knowing this command. Learn the 'set' command and you will a lot more power in controlling objects in Matlab.

Cheers, Sandy