Undocumented Matlab
  • SERVICES
    • Consulting
    • Development
    • Training
    • Gallery
    • Testimonials
  • PRODUCTS
    • IQML: IQFeed-Matlab connector
    • IB-Matlab: InteractiveBrokers-Matlab connector
    • EODML: EODHistoricalData-Matlab connector
    • Webinars
  • BOOKS
    • Secrets of MATLAB-Java Programming
    • Accelerating MATLAB Performance
    • MATLAB Succinctly
  • ARTICLES
  • ABOUT
    • Policies
  • CONTACT
  • SERVICES
    • Consulting
    • Development
    • Training
    • Gallery
    • Testimonials
  • PRODUCTS
    • IQML: IQFeed-Matlab connector
    • IB-Matlab: InteractiveBrokers-Matlab connector
    • EODML: EODHistoricalData-Matlab connector
    • Webinars
  • BOOKS
    • Secrets of MATLAB-Java Programming
    • Accelerating MATLAB Performance
    • MATLAB Succinctly
  • ARTICLES
  • ABOUT
    • Policies
  • CONTACT

Internal component

Undocumented plot marker types

Undocumented plot marker styles can easily be accesses using a hidden plot-line property.

March 13, 2019 One Comment Read More »

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 »

Builtin PopupPanel widget

We can use a built-in Matlab popup-panel widget control to display lightweight popups that are attached to a figure window.

December 6, 2017 One Comment Read More »

Sending HTML emails from Matlab

Matlab's sendmail only sends simple text messages by default; a simple hack can cause it to send HTML-formatted messages.

August 3, 2017 2 Comments Read More »

uigetfile/uiputfile customizations

A file-selector dialog window that includes an integrated preview panel is shown and explained.

November 3, 2016 8 Comments Read More »

MEX ctrl-c interrupt

An undocumented MEX function can help interrupt running MEX functions.

June 15, 2016 5 Comments Read More »

Adding a search box to figure toolbar

An interactive search-box can easily be added to a Matlab figure toolbar for enhanced user experience.

March 30, 2016 3 Comments Read More »

Programmatic shortcuts manipulation – part 2

Non-standard shortcut controls and customizations can easily be added to the Matlab desktop.

December 30, 2015 6 Comments Read More »

Programmatic shortcuts manipulation – part 1

Matlab Desktop shortcuts can be programmatically accessed and customized.

December 23, 2015 7 Comments Read More »

Font selection components

Several built-in components enable programmatic font selection in Matlab GUI - this article explains how.

October 7, 2015 3 Comments Read More »
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
Useful links
  •  Email Yair Altman
  •  Subscribe to new posts (email)
  •  Subscribe to new posts (feed)
  •  Subscribe to new posts (reader)
  •  Subscribe to comments (feed)
 
Accelerating MATLAB Performance book
Recent Posts

Speeding-up builtin Matlab functions – part 3

Improving graphics interactivity

Interesting Matlab puzzle – analysis

Interesting Matlab puzzle

Undocumented plot marker types

Matlab toolstrip – part 9 (popup figures)

Matlab toolstrip – part 8 (galleries)

Matlab toolstrip – part 7 (selection controls)

Matlab toolstrip – part 6 (complex controls)

Matlab toolstrip – part 5 (icons)

Matlab toolstrip – part 4 (control customization)

Reverting axes controls in figure toolbar

Matlab toolstrip – part 3 (basic customization)

Matlab toolstrip – part 2 (ToolGroup App)

Matlab toolstrip – part 1

Categories
  • Desktop (45)
  • Figure window (59)
  • Guest bloggers (65)
  • GUI (165)
  • Handle graphics (84)
  • Hidden property (42)
  • Icons (15)
  • Java (174)
  • Listeners (22)
  • Memory (16)
  • Mex (13)
  • Presumed future risk (394)
    • High risk of breaking in future versions (100)
    • Low risk of breaking in future versions (160)
    • Medium risk of breaking in future versions (136)
  • Public presentation (6)
  • Semi-documented feature (10)
  • Semi-documented function (35)
  • Stock Matlab function (140)
  • Toolbox (10)
  • UI controls (52)
  • Uncategorized (13)
  • Undocumented feature (217)
  • Undocumented function (37)
Tags
ActiveX (6) AppDesigner (9) Callbacks (31) Compiler (10) Desktop (38) Donn Shull (10) Editor (8) Figure (19) FindJObj (27) GUI (141) GUIDE (8) Handle graphics (78) HG2 (34) Hidden property (51) HTML (26) Icons (9) Internal component (39) Java (178) JavaFrame (20) JIDE (19) JMI (8) Listener (17) Malcolm Lidierth (8) MCOS (11) Memory (13) Menubar (9) Mex (14) Optical illusion (11) Performance (78) Profiler (9) Pure Matlab (187) schema (7) schema.class (8) schema.prop (18) Semi-documented feature (6) Semi-documented function (33) Toolbar (14) Toolstrip (13) uicontrol (37) uifigure (8) UIInspect (12) uitools (20) Undocumented feature (187) Undocumented function (37) Undocumented property (20)
Recent Comments
  • Iñigo (2 days 7 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 14 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 6 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 11 hours ago): Yair, this works wonderfully! I can’t thank you enough!
  • Collin (14 days 15 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 7 hours ago): Collin, What version of MATLAB are you using?
  • Collin (20 days 13 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 9 hours ago): FFT-based convolution is circular whereas MATLAB’s conv functions have several options (‘valid’, ‘same’, ‘full’) but unfortunately not...
  • Seth (22 days 11 hours ago): No luck with removing the space.
  • Seth (22 days 13 hours ago): The javascript code works fine running the application from the 2019b desktop version and the 2016b deployed version.
  • Seth (22 days 13 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 13 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 14 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 14 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 15 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...
Contact us
Undocumented Matlab © 2009 - Yair Altman
This website and Octahedron Ltd. are not affiliated with The MathWorks Inc.; MATLAB® is a registered trademark of The MathWorks Inc.
Scroll to top