Matlab: change position of ylabel

I was wondering if it is possible to change the position of the ylabel. I would like to move it down (as suggested on the attached figure) to match it better with the yticks.

Answer 1

[Ameer Hamza]

If you have the handle of ylabel, then you can modify its position using the 'position' property. For example

label_h = ylabel('myLabel');
label_h.Position(1) = 2040; % change horizontal position of ylabel
label_h.Position(2) = 0; % change vertical position of ylabel

Experiment with these values until you get the required location.

[Utkarsh]

what about roation of ylabel?

[Walter Roberson]

@Utkarsh

You can use ytickangle

Recent versions of MATLAB automatically rotate the angle for clarity.

Answer 2

[David Hasin]

You can simply add this to the label line: ", 'Position', [-0.155,0.85,1]"

Here is an example:

ylabel('$\overline U_x/U_o$','FontSize',18,'Interpreter','Latex', 'Position', [-0.155,0.85,1]);