Semi-documented function

Sliders in Matlab GUI – part 2

Matlab contains a variety of ways to define/display slider controls in GUI windows.

July 5, 2018 9 Comments Read More »

String/char compatibility

Backward compatibility of strings in function inputs is a challenge, that can be assisted with an undocumented builtin function.

June 28, 2018 18 Comments Read More »

Password & spinner controls in Matlab GUI

Password fields and spinner controls can easily be embedded in Matlab GUIs.

December 14, 2016 4 Comments Read More »

Viewing saved profiling results

We can easily use saved profiling results to analyze, view and compare profiling results of multiple runs.

May 18, 2016 No Comments Read More »

Editable combo-box

Matlab's popup menu (combo-box) control is quite limited in its abilities. This article explains how we can work around these limitations.

October 9, 2013 20 Comments Read More »

Function definition meta-info

There are multiple ways to retrieve meta-info about functions in Matlab.

September 4, 2013 6 Comments Read More »

treeTable

A description of a sortable, groupable tree-table control that can be used in Matlab is provided.

August 6, 2013 89 Comments Read More »

Math libraries version info & upgrade

Matlab exposes undocumented info about its internal math libraries; these libraries can be upgraded manually.

July 17, 2013 7 Comments Read More »

Handle Graphics Behavior

HG behaviors are an important aspect of Matlab graphics that enable custom control of handle functionality.

March 6, 2013 6 Comments Read More »

Customizing menu items part 1

Matlab menus can be customized in a variety of undocumented manners - first article of a series.

April 25, 2012 6 Comments Read More »

Sunham (3 days 5 hours ago): This is an old article, but the issue persists even in 2023. 2023a: z = mat2cell(1:1e6,1,repmat(1,1,1e 6)); f = @() cellfun(‘isempty’, z); g = @() cellfun(@isempty,z);...
Yair Altman (12 days 19 hours ago): Robot only runs when you tell it to run a command such as keyPress. If you don’t tell it to run a command, it uses no CPU, so there’s no need to remove the Robot...
Eric (13 days 6 hours ago): Hey @Kevin, can you share your code about create group of figures in the AppContainer? The container of multiples uifigures could be an amazing improvement over AppDesigner and its...
Elsa Smith (13 days 21 hours ago): I recently used java.awt.Robot to perform GUI testing on MATLAB and found it to be an extremely easy and useful way to control mouse movements.
Elsa Smith (13 days 22 hours ago): I’m suspecting that the slow performance of my GUI may be due to the use of java.awt.Robot. Is there a way to cancel/stop/remove the robot after it has been created, or is...
Michelle Kline (14 days 14 hours ago): *edit* tip about fopen(), not about fwrite(). ‘Wb’ vs. ‘wb’
Michelle Kline (14 days 14 hours ago): Thank you, Yair! With this previously-unknown-to-me tip about fwrite() performance, you have saved me literally hours of processing time. Michelle Kline Department of...
Alessandro Beda (27 days 3 hours ago): I found what I think is a bug related to this (tested in R2022 and R2023a). If I add a “ButtonDownFcn” to the plots (see example below), then the modified...
Nicholas (28 days 17 hours ago): Yair, Changing the desktop help options did not solve the issue. Though, it’s unclear how I could change these options in the Runtime, if that’s what you meant? I should...
Yair Altman (32 days 12 hours ago): @Francisco – this is one of those cases where you should ask MathWorks support. After all, you’re trying to use a supported Matlab functionality when you encountered...
Francisco Campos (33 days 0 hours ago): Hello, thanks for all your work that has been immensely useful for those working in the Matlab environment. I have been trying to replace matlabcontrol with the official...
Yair Altman (37 days 1 hour ago): Kei – this is possible, I believe that I saw this ability somewhere, a few years ago. I don’t remember exactly where, it will require a bit of research, but...
Kei (37 days 3 hours ago): Hello Yair Thank you for this great article. I would like to freeze first two columns in uitable. Do you know if such option is available? Since looks like this option is not available...
Andrés Aguilar (40 days 15 hours ago): Hello, has anyone tried to change the language of the DateComboBox? For example English -> French ————&# 8212;—- January -> Janvier April...
Yair Altman (49 days 12 hours ago): I posted my treeTable utility 10 years ago for anyone to use freely, on an as-is basis, without any warranty, updates or support. If you need any customization or assistance...