uiundo – Matlab's undocumented undo/redo manager
The built-in uiundo function provides easy yet undocumented access to Matlab's powerful undo/redo functionality. This article explains its usage.
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uicontrol side-effect: removing figure toolbar
Matlab's built-in uicontrol function has a side-effect of removing the figure toolbar. This was undocumented until lately. This article describes the side-effect behavior and how to fix it.
Undocumented mouse pointer functions
Matlab contains several well-documented functions and properties for the mouse pointer. However, some very-useful functions have remained undocumented and unsupported. This post details their usage.
Detecting window focus events
Matlab does not have any documented method to detect window focus events (gain/loss). This article describes an undocumented way to detect such events.
Figure toolbar customizations
Matlab's toolbars can be customized using a combination of undocumented Matlab and Java hacks. This article describes how to customize the Matlab figure toolbar.
Figure toolbar components
Matlab's toolbars can be customized using a combination of undocumented Matlab and Java hacks. This article describes how to access existing toolbar icons and how to add non-button toolbar components.
Context-Sensitive Help
Matlab has a hidden/unsupported built-in mechanism for easy implementation of context-sensitive help
Setting status-bar components
Matlab status-bars are Java containers in which we can add GUI controls such as progress-bars, not just simple text labels
Setting status-bar text
The Matlab desktop and figure windows have a usable statusbar which can only be set using undocumented methods. This post shows how to set the status-bar text.