Toolbar button labels
GUI toolbar button labels can easily be set and customized using underlying Java components.
Icons
Icon images & text in Matlab uicontrols
HTML can be used to add image icons to Matlab listbox and popup (drop-down) controls.
Programmatic shortcuts manipulation – part 1
Matlab Desktop shortcuts can be programmatically accessed and customized.
Customizing Matlab uipanels
Matlab uipanel controls can be customized using Java in ways that are impossible with plain Matlab.
Customizing listbox/combobox items
Matlab listboxes can be customized using custom Java cell-renderers.
Animated busy (spinning) icon
An animated spinning icon label can easily be embedded in Matlab GUI.
Rich-contents log panel
Matlab listboxes and editboxes can be used to display rich-contents HTML-formatted strings, which is ideal for log panels.
Images in Matlab uicontrols & labels
Images can be added to Matlab controls and labels in a variety of manners, documented and undocumented.
Customizing menu items part 3
Matlab menu items can easily display custom icons, using just a tiny bit of Java magic powder.
Uitab colors, icons and images
Matlab's semi-documented tab panels can be customized using some undocumented hacks