Improving graphics interactivity
Matlab R2018b added default axes mouse interactivity at the expense of performance. Luckily, we can speed-up the default axes.
Handle graphics
Undocumented plot marker types
Undocumented plot marker styles can easily be accesses using a hidden plot-line property.
Plot legend customization
Matlab plot legends and their internal components can be customized using a variety of undocumented properties that are easily accessible.
Auto-scale image colors
Images can be automatically color-scaled for maximum resolution, using the undocumented MarkedClean event.
Adding custom properties to GUI objects
It is very easy to add custom user-defined properties and methods to GUI handles and Java references in Matlab.
Customizing axes tick labels
Multiple customizations can be applied to tick labels.
Customizing histogram plots
Basic bar charts and histogram plots can be customized in important aspects.
PlotEdit context-menu customization
A combination of Matlab and Java Robot commands to automate a certain animation can be used when we cannot access underlying GUI/graphics code.
Customizing contour plots part 2
Matlab contour labels' color and font can easily be customized.
Tips for accelerating Matlab performance
My article on "Tips for Accelerating MATLAB Performance" was recently featured in the September 2017 Matlab newsletter digest.