Tag Archives: uicontrol

Panel-level uicontrols

Matlab’s uipanel contains a hidden handle to the title label, which can be modified into a checkbox or radio-button control

Categories: GUI, Handle graphics, Hidden property, Low risk of breaking in future versions, Stock Matlab function, UI controls
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The javacomponent function

Matlab’s built-in javacomponent function can be used to display Java components in Matlab application – this article details its usages and limitations

Categories: GUI, Handle graphics, Java, Medium risk of breaking in future versions, Semi-documented function, Stock Matlab function, UI controls
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Inactive Control Tooltips & Event Chaining

Inactive Matlab uicontrols cannot normally display their tooltips. This article shows how to do this with a combination of undocumented Matlab and Java hacks.

Categories: Guest bloggers, GUI, Handle graphics, Hidden property, Java, Listeners, Medium risk of breaking in future versions, Stock Matlab function, UI controls, Undocumented function
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Additional uicontrol tooltip hacks

Matlab’s uicontrol tooltips have several limitations that can be overcome using the control’s underlying Java object.

Categories: Guest bloggers, GUI, Java, Medium risk of breaking in future versions, UI controls
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Continuous slider callback

Matlab slider uicontrols do not enable a continuous-motion callback by default. This article explains how this can be achieved using undocumented features.

Categories: GUI, Java, Listeners, Medium risk of breaking in future versions, UI controls
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Customizing listbox & editbox scrollbars

Matlab listbox and multi-line editbox uicontrols have pre-configured scrollbars. This article shows how they can be customized.

Categories: GUI, Java, Medium risk of breaking in future versions, UI controls
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