RE: How to control the default plot size?
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg14242] RE: [mg14195] How to control the default plot size?
- From: "Ersek, Ted R" <ErsekTR at navair.navy.mil>
- Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 13:51:28 -0400
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Joe Gwinn wrote:
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When recomputing any kind of plot, such as ListPlot[],
ListDensityPlot[], etc, the plot size won't stay as set, instead often
reverting to 2 by 3 inches or so on the screen, at random. In some
cases, the size shrunk to 0.5 by 0.5 inches. There doesn't seem to be
any pattern to when a plot will stay the size it was set to (by
dragging the lower right corner), and when it will revert to the
default small size.
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Lets look at the Options Plot has.
In[1]:=
First/@Options[Plot]
Out[1]=
{AspectRatio,Axes,AxesLabel,AxesOrigin,AxesStyle,Background,ColorOutput,Comp
iled,DefaultColor,Epilog,Frame,FrameLabel,FrameStyle,FrameTicks,GridLines,Im
ageSize,MaxBend,PlotDivision,PlotLabel,PlotPoints,PlotRange,PlotRegion,PlotS
tyle,Prolog,RotateLabel,Ticks,DefaultFont,DisplayFunction,FormatType,TextSty
le}
The option you want is ImageSize. Suppose you want Plot to make a
graphic with a width of 425 (I think the units are printer points) and
height determined by the specified aspect ratio. The line below will
make that the default.
In[14]:=
SetOptions[Plot,ImageSize->{425,Automatic} ];
Cheers,
Ted Ersek