Modifying Matlab's Look-and-Feel
Matlab's entire Look-and-Feel (PLAF, or L&F) can be modified at the control or application level - this article shows how
Desktop
Setting desktop tab completions
The Matlab desktop's Command-Window tab-completion can be customized for user-defined functions
setPrompt – Setting the Matlab Desktop prompt
The Matlab Desktop's Command-Window prompt can easily be modified using some undocumented features
Customizing Matlab's Workspace table
The Matlab Desktop's Workspace pane table can be customized, as described here
Customizing help popup contents
The built-in HelpPopup, available since Matlab R2007b, has a back-door that enables displaying arbitrary text, HTML and URL web-pages.
Accessing the Matlab Editor
The Matlab Editor can be accessed programmatically, for a wide variety of possible uses - this article shows how.
R2009b keyboard bindings
The new Matlab release R2009b includes the ability to customize keyboard bindings for the editor and Command Window. However, there are still some uses for the EditorMacro utility and its
EditorMacro v2 – setting Command Window key-bindings
The EditorMacro utility was extended to support built-in Matlab Editor and Command-Window actions and key-bindings. This post describes the changes and the implementation details.
Setting status-bar text
The Matlab desktop and figure windows have a usable statusbar which can only be set using undocumented methods. This post shows how to set the status-bar text.
Non-textual editor actions
The UIINSPECT utility can be used to expand EditorMacro capabilities to non-text-insertion actions. This is how: