Set a custom default label

Almost all my plots have time on the x-axis so I was wondering if I could change the label to read 'Time [sec]' by default.

I have been looking into the get(groot,'factoryAxes') properties and it seems I can change the xlabel with set(groot,'defaultAxesXlabel'). However, when I change it to set(groot,'defaultAxesXlabel','Time [sec]') I get an error:

Error using gca While setting the 'Parent' property of Axes: Value must be a handle.

Error in newplot (line 68) ax = gca(fig);

Is this the right approach? Is it even possible to do this?

Answer 1

[Remco Doodkorte]

I have a bunch of plots to make and encountered the same problem.

I've been trying to do exactly the same and tried both: set(0,'defaultAxesXlabel','MyLabel') set(groot,'defaultAxesXlabel','MyLabel').

Gives my exactly the same problem.

Error using axes While setting the 'Parent' property of 'Axes': Value must be a handle.

Error in subplot (line 481) ax = axes('Units', 'normalized', 'Position', position, ...

R2015b

Anyone who knows the problem?