Semi-documented feature

Matlab toolstrip – part 1

Matlab contains extensive toolstrip (ribbon) functionality that can be integrated in user programs (GUI).

September 3, 2018 5 Comments Read More »

Parsing XML strings

Matlab's xmlread function cannot process XML data directly, but this can easily be overcome.

February 1, 2017 8 Comments Read More »

Sending email/text messages from Matlab

Sending emails and SMS (text) messages from Matlab is easy, once you know a few quirks.

December 7, 2016 6 Comments Read More »

Online (web-based) Matlab

Matlab Online is a MathWorks product that enables running Matlab applications via a full-fledged web interface.

August 4, 2014 5 Comments Read More »

Improving fwrite performance

Standard file writing performance can be improved in Matlab in surprising ways.

April 24, 2013 11 Comments Read More »

Matlab-Java memory leaks, performance

Internal fields of Java objects may leak memory - this article explains how to avoid this without sacrificing performance.

January 19, 2012 34 Comments Read More »

Types of undocumented Matlab aspects

This article lists the different types of undocumented/unsupported/hidden aspects in Matlab

November 24, 2011 No Comments Read More »

Customizing uitree nodes – part 1

This article describes how to customize specific nodes of Matlab GUI tree controls created using the undocumented uitree function

August 25, 2010 21 Comments Read More »

Undocumented XML functionality

Matlab's built-in XML-processing functions have several undocumented features that can be used by Java-savvy users

November 18, 2009 6 Comments Read More »

Legend '-DynamicLegend' semi-documented feature

The built-in Matlab legend function has a very useful semi-documented feature for automatic dynamic update, which is explained here.

June 4, 2009 21 Comments Read More »

Nitin (3 hours 20 minutes ago): Thanks for the great help
Stéphane Issartel (6 days 10 hours ago): Both .mlx and .mlapp file format seem to be “Open Packaging Conventions” formatted files. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Open_Packaging_Conventions#...
Cris Luengo (7 days 4 hours ago): Neither set(0,’HideUndocumented’,’off’ ) nor classhandle(…) work any more (testing on R2021a). However, it is possible to convert a HG2 handle to a struct, and see all the...
Yair Altman (15 days 12 hours ago): yes – assuming you created the spinner using the javacomponent function, you can modify the Position and Units properties of the component’s container handle, which...
Santiago (15 days 18 hours ago): Hi Yair. Is it possible to modify the spinner’s position (x, y, w, h) after it has been created? I’m trying to do it during a SizeChangedFcn callback. Thanks.
Yair Altman (19 days 23 hours ago): No. In the new web-based uifigures you need to use uihtml and uistyle to update the table appearance.
Santiago (19 days 23 hours ago): Hi , Yair. ¿Do the HTML options still work in the uitables created with the app designer?
Yair Altman (53 days 5 hours ago): Yes, the report is still available. You can get it here.
Luis Santiago (53 days 7 hours ago): Hi Yair. Your articles are excellent and, even now, they are still applicable. Is the uitable report still available? I’d really like getting it.
Adam D Danz (60 days 3 hours ago): Opps…. I was using the wrong syntax: MarkedClean is an EventName and I was accidentally treating it as a PropertyName. Also, ignore the “MarkedDirty” reference...
Adam D Danz (60 days 4 hours ago): Yair, thanks for your unmatched contributions to exploring Matlab under the hood. I noticed that listeners responding to MarkedClean in geoaxes throw an error even though...
Adee Ran (60 days 10 hours ago): Yair, once again, I find the answer to the issue that annoy me is in your site since long ago. Both the highlighting control and focus control (using uicontrol() ) are simple,...
Yair Altman (77 days 0 hours ago): @Tucker – AFAIK markedClean still works even in the very latest release. In recent years MathWorks added a few documented hooks for trapping axes updates etc., but the...
Tucker Downs (77 days 16 hours ago): Hi Yair, Is “markedClean” still your recommendation for wanting to redraw graphics primitive like objects? I’m working on trying to make some native-like...
Yair Altman (97 days 5 hours ago): It is not clear from your comment what command you’re trying to use. You basically have 4 alternatives: To use the builtin saveas function To use the builtin...