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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 87 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 »
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Recent Comments
  • Iñigo (2 days 5 hours ago): Thanks Yair. I didn’t realize it was posted just above. It would be great to know about a solution soon
  • Yair Altman (3 days 12 hours ago): @Iñigo – your query is related to Seth’s question above. We can access the currently-browsed URL in JavaScript (for example: jBrowserPanel.executeScript...
  • Iñigo (5 days 4 hours ago): I am looking for setting a UI that allows following process: opening a web site, navigate inside this web site and at some specific moments (i.e. when the figure is closed or a button...
  • Nicholas (12 days 10 hours ago): Yair, this works wonderfully! I can’t thank you enough!
  • Collin (14 days 13 hours ago): Seth Good point, I am using 2022b, mathworks seems to have started using CEF browsers from 2019a, best I can tell. take a look at the package com.mathworks.toolbox.matla...
  • Seth (15 days 5 hours ago): Collin, What version of MATLAB are you using?
  • Collin (20 days 12 hours ago): Seth, I have had some success executing javascript that requires no return value by executing it directly (sort of) on the org.cef.browser.CefBrowser that a...
  • Coo Coo (22 days 7 hours ago): FFT-based convolution is circular whereas MATLAB’s conv functions have several options (‘valid’, ‘same’, ‘full’) but unfortunately not...
  • Seth (22 days 10 hours ago): No luck with removing the space.
  • Seth (22 days 11 hours ago): The javascript code works fine running the application from the 2019b desktop version and the 2016b deployed version.
  • Seth (22 days 11 hours ago): I have been using this browser functionality in 2016b because it works fully in deployed applications in that version. However, because of Java 7 being flagged as a security risk, I...
  • Yair Altman (22 days 11 hours ago): I’ve never tested javascript callbacks, but perhaps you should try removing the extra space after the “matlab:” protocol specifier. Does it make any difference?
  • Seth (22 days 12 hours ago): I have been using this functionality in 2016b since it works in deployed applications and have not had a reason to need to upgrade but with java 7 being flagged as a security risk I am...
  • KEVIN (42 days 13 hours ago): I apologize, I intended my response to fall under ‘T’ but did not seem to work. I was referring to the bit of code posted by ‘T’ regarding the toolgroup and...
  • Yair Altman (42 days 13 hours ago): It is not clear from your comment which code exactly you are referring to and what you see differently in 19b vs. 20b, so I cannot assist with your specific query. In general I...
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