Monthly Archive: November 2013

sprintfc – undocumented helper function

The built-in sprintfc function can be used to quickly generate a cell-array of formatted strings.

November 27, 2013 5 Comments Read More »

Performance: accessing handle properties

Handle object property access (get/set) performance can be significantly improved using dot-notation.

November 20, 2013 13 Comments Read More »

Listbox layout customization

Matlab's listbox layout can be modified to display multiple item columns and different inter-cell margins.

November 13, 2013 14 Comments Read More »

Another Command Window text color hack

Matlab's fprintf command has an undocumented hack to display orange-colored text.

November 6, 2013 6 Comments Read More »

Collin (18 days 3 hours ago): Yair, In 2020a Mathworks added this semi-useful class matlab.ui.internal.JavaMigrati onTools Which contains static methods to call javacomponent, actxcontrol or to get an...
Yair Altman (21 days 12 hours ago): @Pierre – thanks for sharing this clever useful trick
Pierre (21 days 12 hours ago): Hello, This post has been really useful to me. I just want to share a small trick. I have no idea whether it is reproducible or how it works, but it does the job for me (Win 10,...
Hannes (28 days 10 hours ago): It is also not working for me on R2019a Update 5. Best Hannes.
Yair Altman (33 days 8 hours ago): @Peter – the graphics system might not be fully initialized by the time that the startup script is being executed by the Matlab engine. I suggest placing the relevant code...
Philip (33 days 13 hours ago): Yair, How would I implement a renderer for com.jidesoft.combobox.DateSpin nerComboBox so that the editor remains the same (combo box with spinner) but the renderer displays as a...
Reza (33 days 18 hours ago): Yair, I found the solution by using “hFills(i).StripDataR 21;. Thanks
Reza (33 days 21 hours ago): Hi Yair, There is “VertexData” in property of “TriangleStrip .FacePrims”, but there is no information about patch “faces” that can connect vertices...
Peter (36 days 2 hours ago): I have a problem with putting this into the startup.m to be executed at the beginning of the MATLAB session. jDesktop = com.mathworks.mde.desk.MLDeskt op.getInstance; try cmdWin =...
Alex (41 days 10 hours ago): Hi, I was wondering if there is a possibility to integrate a text field with label and another table in one cell of the tree table, or is it restricted to ComboBoxes and Checkboxes? Is...
Jan (49 days 4 hours ago): Is there a reason why this function was removed from the Matlab File Exchange? I prefer a simplified DBSTACK solution: function flag = isMultipleCall() s = dbstack(); flag = (numel(s) >...
geetha (49 days 12 hours ago): Hi am uitree and some line am getting this error error in @(tree,evd)evalin('base',sprin tf(['ldp_temp_blockhandle=%.20 f;','set(ldp_temp_blockhandle, ''UserData'',setfield(get(l...
matse (51 days 6 hours ago): Thanks for the post – I love your blog! It seems that – at least in 2020a – it is also possible to have the functionSignatures.json in a subfolder named resources....
Harry (58 days 0 hours ago): Andi, you are such a tease! There are questions dotted around the web (including on this page) of people asking how to change the Quick-Access Toolbar programmatically, and getting no...
Kevin Chirino (65 days 2 hours ago): Edit TabGroup App Designer Good afternoon! I am starting to use MATLAB, I am developing an App for my Special University Degree Work, I study Civil Engineering. I would like...