Index: /issm/trunk/src/m/classes/public/plot/applyoptions.m
===================================================================
--- /issm/trunk/src/m/classes/public/plot/applyoptions.m	(revision 2648)
+++ /issm/trunk/src/m/classes/public/plot/applyoptions.m	(revision 2649)
@@ -98,5 +98,5 @@
 
 %colorbar
-if getfieldvalue(options,'colorbar',1)~=0,
+if getfieldvalue(options,'colorbar',1)==1,
 	if exist(options,'colorbarcornerposition'),
 		c=colorbar(getfieldvalue(options,'colorbarcornerposition'));
@@ -138,6 +138,8 @@
 	end
 %colorbar OFF
+elseif getfieldvalue(options,'colorbar',1)==0,
+	colorbar('off');
 else
-	colorbar('off');
+	%do nothing
 end
 
Index: /issm/trunk/src/m/classes/public/plot/plot_manager.m
===================================================================
--- /issm/trunk/src/m/classes/public/plot/plot_manager.m	(revision 2648)
+++ /issm/trunk/src/m/classes/public/plot/plot_manager.m	(revision 2649)
@@ -124,5 +124,5 @@
 %apply all options
 if isquiver
-	options=addfielddefault(options,'colorbar',2);
+	options=changefieldvalue(options,'colorbar',2);
 end
 if isquiver & exist(options,'contourlevels'),
Index: /issm/trunk/src/m/classes/public/plot/plot_quiver.m
===================================================================
--- /issm/trunk/src/m/classes/public/plot/plot_quiver.m	(revision 2648)
+++ /issm/trunk/src/m/classes/public/plot/plot_quiver.m	(revision 2649)
@@ -76,5 +76,5 @@
 
 %take care of colorbar
-if  ~strcmpi(getfieldvalue(options,'colorbar','on'),'off'),
+if  strcmpi(getfieldvalue(options,'colorbar','on'),'on'),
 
 	%build ticks
Index: /issm/trunk/src/m/classes/public/plot/plot_tensor_principal.m
===================================================================
--- /issm/trunk/src/m/classes/public/plot/plot_tensor_principal.m	(revision 2648)
+++ /issm/trunk/src/m/classes/public/plot/plot_tensor_principal.m	(revision 2649)
@@ -73,4 +73,5 @@
 end
 options=addfielddefault(options,'title',[upper(string(1)) string(2:end) ' ' component]);
-	applyoptions(md,[],options);
+options=changefieldvalue(options,'colorbar',2);
+applyoptions(md,[],options);
 end