New book: Accelerating MATLAB Performance
Accelerating MATLAB Performance (ISBN 9781482211290) is a book dedicated to improving Matlab performance (speed).
GUI
Transparency in uicontrols
Matlab uicontrols' CData property can be customized to provide background transparency.
Customizing combobox popups
Matlab combobox (dropdown) popups can be customized in a variety of ways.
Customizing listbox/combobox items
Matlab listboxes can be customized using custom Java cell-renderers.
CheckboxList
Matlab listboxes can be enhanced with checkboxes next to each item.
Property value change listeners
HG handle property changes can be trapped in a user-defined callback.
Using pure Java GUI in deployed Matlab apps
Using pure-Java GUI in deployed Matlab apps requires a special yet simple adaptation.
Plotly graphs in IPython Notebook
Plotly graphs can be embedded in an IPython Notebook directly from Matlab.
Animated busy (spinning) icon
An animated spinning icon label can easily be embedded in Matlab GUI.
Transparent uipanels
Matlab uipanels can be made transparent, for very useful effects.