Creating Graphical User Interfaces Creating GUIs with MATLAB Introduction Creating GUIs with GUIDE GUI Development Environment Editing Version 5 GUIs with Version 6 GUIDE Selecting GUIDE Application Options Configuring the Application M-file Resize Behavior Making Your GUI Nonresizable Allowing Proportional GUI Resizing User-Specified Resize Operation Command-Line Accessibility Access Options Figure Properties That Control Access Electing to Generate Only the FIG-File Generating the FIG-File and the M-File Generating Callback Function Prototypes Application Allows Only One Instance to Run Using the System Background Colors Waiting for User Input Renaming Application Files and Tags Using Save As Getting Everything Right Changing Component Tag Properties Changing the Name of Callback Subfunctions Changing the Name of the M-file and FIG-file GUI Building Tools GUI Layout Tools Saving Your Layout Displaying Your GUI Laying Out GUIs - The Layout Editor Placing an Object In the Layout Area Activating the Figure Layout Editor Context Menus Aligning Components in the Layout Editor Aligning Groups of Components - The Alignment Tool Grids and Rulers Aligning Components to Guide Lines Front to Back Positioning Setting Component Properties - The Property Inspector Viewing the Object Hierarchy - The Object Browser Creating Menus - The Menu Editor Defining Menus for the Menubar The Menu Callback Defining Context Menus User Interface Controls Push Buttons Toggle Buttons Radio Buttons Checkboxes Edit Text Static Text Sliders Frames List Boxes Popup Menus Enable or Disabling Controls Axes Figure Saving the GUI FIG-Files Programming GUIs GUI Programming Topics Understanding the Application M-File Automatic Naming of Callback Routines Execution Paths in the Application M-File Initializing the GUI Managing GUI Data Passing Data in the Handles Structure If You Are Not Using a Handle Structure Application-Defined Data Designing for Cross-Platform Compatibility Using the System Font Using Standard Background Color Cross-Platform Compatible Figure Units Types of Callbacks Callback Properties for All Graphics Objects Callback Properties for Figures Which Callback Executes Interrupting Executing Callbacks Controlling Interruptibility The Event Queue Event Processing During Callback Execution Controlling GUI Figure Window Behavior Using Modal Figure Windows Application Techniques Example Applications Launching a Dialog to Confirm an Operation Dialog Requirements View the Layout and Application M-File Implementing the GUI The Close Button Callback The Confirmation Dialog Application M-file Launch the Dialog Specify the Location of the Dialog Wait for User Response Executing a Callback Defining the Yes and No Buttons Callbacks Protecting the GUI with a Close Request Function List Box Directory Reader View the Layout and Application M-File Implementing the GUI Specifying the Directory to List Loading the List Box The List Box Callback Accessing Workspace Variables from a List Box Techniques Used in This Example View the Layout and Application M-File Reading Workspace Variables Reading the Selections from the List Box A GUI to Set Simulink Model Parameters Techniques Used in This Example View the Layout and Application M-File How to Use the GUI (Text of GUI Help) Launching the GUI Programming the Slider and Edit Text Components Running the Simulation from the GUI Removing Results from the List Box Plotting the Results Data The GUI Help Button Closing the GUI The List Box Callback An Address Book Reader Techniques Used in This Example View the Layout and Application M-File Managing Global Data Launching the GUI Loading an Address Book Into the Reader The Contact Name Callback The Contact Phone # Callback Paging Through the Address Book - Prev/Next Saving Changes to the Address Book from the Menu The Create New Menu The Address Book Resize Function