@Dan – uifigures are based on HTML and JavaScript, they are basically nothing more than a webpage displayed within a browser window. In comparison, legacy figures are based on Java desktop windows. So any customization that works on the Java-based figures and relies on Java (including uitable customizations) will never work in uifigures, and you cannot get the Java handle of uifigure components because they’re not based on Java.

For details on uifigure customizations, refer to the list of posts that have the uifigure tag.

Thanks,
Dan

@Meade – I do not have an immediate answer, but it’s quite possible that a solution can be found. If you’d like me to investigate this (for a consulting fee) then email me.

I think I have a new problem, maybe you haven’t seen!

I’m using a uitable to make an interactive name builder. Basically, I’m creating a table with dynamic column names. The user can then change the order to make a new permutation.

The problem is I can’t figure out a callback that will fire when the columns are rearranged!

Do you have any thoughts? Ever seen anything similar?

Again, many thanks for a great blog.
Best,
Meade

function legendFromHeaderGUI_ex()

GUI = figure('Position',[-10000 0 100 100],'Name','Build Legend Name',...
    'CloseRequestFcn','delete(gcf)',...
    'UserData',0,...   
    'Resize','on',...
    'MenuBar', 'none',...
    'ToolBar', 'none',...
    'NumberTitle', 'off',...
    'Visible','on');

RowName = {'FileName',...
    'Field1',...
    'Field2',...
    '...',...
    'FieldN'}';

% Normal Table
columnformat = {'logical','char'};
t_data = repmat({false(1,1)},[length(RowName),1]);

t = uitable('Parent',GUI,...
    'Data',[t_data, RowName],...
    'ColumnName',{},...                
    'RowName',{},...
    'ColumnWidth', {40,300},...
    'ColumnFormat', columnformat,...
    'ColumnEditable', [true,false],...
    'FontSize',9,...
    'Tag','t1');

% Update figure size to close-fit the Header table
t.Position(3) = t.Extent(3);
t.Position(4) = t.Extent(4);

GUI.Position(3) = t.Extent(3)+400;
GUI.Position(4) = t.Extent(4)+200;

t.Position(1) = 10;
t.Position(2) = 150;

%%% Dynamic Table
t2 = uitable('Parent',GUI,...
    'Data',{},...
    'ColumnName',{},...                
    'RowName',{},...
    'ColumnWidth', {125},...
    'ColumnFormat', {'char'},...
    'ColumnEditable', false,...
    'RearrangeableColumns','on',...
    'FontSize',7,...    'CellEditCallback',@updateLegend2
    'Tag','t2');

t2.Position(3) = t2.Extent(3);
t2.Position(4) = t2.Extent(4);

%% JAVA for UITABLES
t2_jscrollpane = findjobj(t2,'-nomenu');  
t2_jtable = t2_jscrollpane.getViewport.getView;

t.CellEditCallback = {@t1_callback,t2_jtable};

% vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv
%%% t2_jtableh = handle(t2_jtable,'CallbackProperties')         % I'm just lost
%%% t2.#??CALLBACKHERE# = {@t2_Callback,ht_jtable};
% ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

com.mathworks.mwswing.MJUtilities.initJIDE;
com.jidesoft.grid.TableUtils.autoResizeAllColumns(t2_jtable);

gd.Handles = guihandles(GUI);
guidata(GUI,gd);

movegui(GUI,'center');

    function t1_callback(hObj,~,~)
        h = guidata(hObj);
        headers = hObj.Data(:,2);
        flags   = [hObj.Data{:,1}]';
        h.Handles.t2.ColumnName = headers(flags);
        h.Handles.t2.Position(3) = h.Handles.t2.Extent(3);
        h.Handles.t2.Position(4) = h.Handles.t2.Extent(4);       
    end

    function t2_Callback(hObj,evt,t2_jh)
        % HOW CAN I FIRE YOU!!!?!?!???
    end
end

Thank! It’s helped me a lot!

jtable.getSortedRowAt(rowIndex) returns the display row index for a specified data model row;
jtable.getActualRowAt(rowIndex) returns the data model row index for a specified display row.

Hi Yair

Thank you very much for your answer.
Can you explain me please what is the meaning of the index that getSortedRowAt is returning? I noticed it is’nt the row index before the table sorted.

Thanks,
Jack

@shi – this is an unhandled case in the ColoredFieldCellRenderer code. You have the source code for this class – it is quite simple and you can modify it in a which that will handle sorted data rows.

@Jack – sorting only affects the way that the table-model data is displayed, it does not affect the data itself. You can get the model-to-view mapping using this:

displayedRowIndex = jtable.getSortedRowAt(modelRowIndex-1) + 1;

Note that java indices start at 0 (not 1 as in Matlab), hence the need for the -1 and +1 in the code snippet above.
When the table is not sorted, displayedRowIndex will be the same as modelRowIndex; when sorted it will return a different index.

How can I make the table.Data to be update after i’m sorting a table as like as you described above?
Because I noticed that after i’m sorting a table the table.Data remains the same as before i sorted the table and actually disconnect what the table showing to the user.

TNX

Jack