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Introduction

The five examples that follow illustrate how you can create and program GUIs manually. Each one lists and discusses the components and techniques it uses. By reading and trying the examples, you can learn how to:

• Update graphs of tabular data in a GUI and copy them to a new figure

• Create of a dialog that does not return until the user makes a choice

• Pass input arguments to the GUI when it is opened

• Obtain output from the GUI when it returns

• Shield the GUI from accidental changes

• Run the GUI across multiple platforms

• Share callbacks among components

• Share data among multiple GUIs

• Create menus and context menus

• Use an external utility function

• Achieve proper resize behavior

• Make a GUI modal

• Create toolbars

All but one of the examples all use nested functions. For information about using nested functions, see Nested Functions in the MATLAB Programming Fundamentals documentation.

Examples of GUIs Created Programmatically

GUI with Axes, Menu, and Toolbar

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