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Matlab toolstrip – part 2 (ToolGroup App)

Matlab users can create custom Apps with toolstrips and docked figures.

December 5, 2018 17 Comments Read More »

Adding custom properties to GUI objects

It is very easy to add custom user-defined properties and methods to GUI handles and Java references in Matlab.

February 15, 2018 6 Comments Read More »

Adding dynamic properties to graphic handles

It is easy and very useful to attach dynamic properties to Matlab graphics objects in run-time.

September 16, 2015 4 Comments Read More »

Property value change listeners

HG handle property changes can be trapped in a user-defined callback.

August 13, 2014 14 Comments Read More »

Draggable plot data-tips

Matlab's standard plot data-tips can be customized to enable dragging, without being limitted to be adjacent to their data-point.

October 23, 2013 6 Comments Read More »

Setting class property types

Matlab's class properties have a simple and effective mechanism for setting their type.

April 18, 2013 40 Comments Read More »

Setting axes tick labels format

Matlab plot axes ticks can be customized in a way that will automatically update whenever the tick values change.

April 18, 2012 18 Comments Read More »

getundoc – get undocumented object properties

getundoc is a very simple utility that displays the hidden (undocumented) properties of a specified handle object.

September 21, 2011 8 Comments Read More »

UDD Events and Listeners

UDD event listeners can be used to listen to property value changes and other important events of Matlab objects

March 16, 2011 32 Comments Read More »

UDD Properties

UDD provides a very convenient way to add customizable properties to existing Matlab object handles

March 9, 2011 8 Comments Read More »
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Recent Comments
  • Sunham (2 days 15 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 5 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 (12 days 16 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 7 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 7 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 0 hours ago): *edit* tip about fopen(), not about fwrite(). ‘Wb’ vs. ‘wb’
  • Michelle Kline (14 days 0 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 (26 days 12 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 3 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 (31 days 22 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 (32 days 10 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 (36 days 10 hours 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 (36 days 13 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 0 hours ago): Hello, has anyone tried to change the language of the DateComboBox? For example English -> French ————&# 8212;—- January -> Janvier April...
  • Yair Altman (48 days 22 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...
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