GUI Development :: Function Reference (MATLAB®)

Predefined Dialog Boxes	Dialog boxes for error, user input, waiting, etc.
User Interface Deployment	Open GUIs, create the handles structure
User Interface Development	Start GUIDE, manage application data, get user input
User Interface Objects	Create GUI components
Objects from Callbacks	Find object handles from within callbacks functions
GUI Utilities	Move objects, wrap text
Program Execution	Wait and resume based on user input

dialog	Create and display empty dialog box
errordlg	Create and open error dialog box
export2wsdlg	Export variables to workspace
helpdlg	Create and open help dialog box
inputdlg	Create and open input dialog box
listdlg	Create and open list-selection dialog box
msgbox	Create and open message box
printdlg	Print dialog box
printpreview	Preview figure to print
questdlg	Create and open question dialog box
uigetdir	Open standard dialog box for selecting directory
uigetfile	Open standard dialog box for retrieving files
uigetpref	Specify and conditionally open dialog box according to user preference
uiopen	Interactively select file to open and load data
uiputfile	Open standard dialog box for saving files
uisave	Interactively save workspace variables to MAT-file
uisetcolor	Open standard dialog box for setting object's ColorSpec
uisetfont	Open standard dialog box for setting object's font characteristics
waitbar	Open or update wait bar dialog box
warndlg	Open warning dialog box

guidata	Store or retrieve GUI data
guihandles	Create structure of handles
movegui	Move GUI figure to specified location on screen
openfig	Open new copy or raise existing copy of saved figure
setpixelposition	Set component position in pixels

getappdata	Value of application-defined data
ginput	Graphical input from mouse or cursor
guidata	Store or retrieve GUI data
guide	Open GUI Layout Editor
inspect	Open Property Inspector
isappdata	True if application-defined data exists
rmappdata	Remove application-defined data
setappdata	Specify application-defined data
uigetpref	Specify and conditionally open dialog box according to user preference
uisetpref	Manage preferences used in `uigetpref`
waitfor	Block execution and wait for event or condition
waitforbuttonpress	Wait for key press or mouse-button click

menu	Generate menu of choices for user input
uibuttongroup	Create container object to exclusively manage radio buttons and toggle buttons
uicontextmenu	Create context menu
uicontrol	Create user interface control object
uimenu	Create menus and menu items on figure windows
uipanel	Create panel container object
uipushtool	Create push button on toolbar
uitable	Create 2-D graphic table GUI component
uitoggletool	Create toggle button on toolbar
uitoolbar	Create toolbar on figure

findall	Find all graphics objects
findfigs	Find visible offscreen figures
findobj	Locate graphics objects with specific properties
gcbf	Handle of figure containing object whose callback is executing
gcbo	Handle of object whose callback is executing

align	Align user interface controls (`uicontrols`) and axes
getpixelposition	Get component position in pixels
listfonts	List available system fonts
movegui	Move GUI figure to specified location on screen
selectmoveresize	Select, move, resize, or copy axes and uicontrol graphics objects
setpixelposition	Set component position in pixels
textwrap	Wrapped string matrix for given uicontrol
uisetcolor	Open standard dialog box for setting object's ColorSpec
uisetfont	Open standard dialog box for setting object's font characteristics
uistack	Reorder visual stacking order of objects

addpref	Add preference
getpref	Preference
ispref	Test for existence of preference
rmpref	Remove preference
setpref	Set preference
uigetpref	Specify and conditionally open dialog box according to user preference
uiresume	Resume execution of blocked program
uisetpref	Manage preferences used in `uigetpref`
uiwait	Block program execution and wait to resume
waitfor	Block execution and wait for event or condition
waitforbuttonpress	Wait for key press or mouse-button click

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