figure

h = axes('Position',[0 0 1 1]);
axes('Position',[.25 .1 .7 .8])

plot(rand(5, 1))

set(gcf,'CurrentAxes',h)
text(.02,.4,'text text text text text')

How can I left-stretch the outer space where I put the text so that it doesn't overlap with the axis numbers?

CodePudding user response：

As @CrisLuengo suggested, simply

figure('Color','w')
h = axes('Position',[0.45 0.1 0.5 0.85]);
plot(rand(5, 1))
text(-2,.4,'text text text text text')

will give you