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.
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Setting listbox mouse actions
Matlab listbox uicontrol can be modified to detect mouse events for right-click context menus, dynamic tooltips etc.
Setting status-bar components
Matlab status-bars are Java containers in which we can add GUI controls such as progress-bars, not just simple text labels
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:
EditorMacro – assign a keyboard macro in the Matlab editor
EditorMacro is a new utility that enables setting keyboard macros in the Matlab editor. this post details its inner workings.
Setting the Matlab desktop layout programmatically
The Matlab desktop enables saving and switching layouts using the main menu. This post shows how to do so programmatically.
Changing system preferences programmatically
Matlab user/system preferences can be changed programmatically, from within your Matlab application or from the Matlab desktop command prompt. This post details how.
GUIDE customization
Matlab's GUI Design Editor (GUIDE) has several interesting undocumented features. This post describes how to customize GUIDE rulers.
cprintf – display formatted color text in the Command Window
cprintf is a utility that utilized undocumented Matlab desktop functionalities to display color and underline-styled formatted text in the Command Window