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GUI question

I want to create a menu bar on my GUI figure, that says option 1 and option 2.
I then want the user to be able to click either option and the respected GUI displays on the figure. For example, if the user clicks option 1 then some editable boxes appears on the figure. If the user clicks option 2 then a editable table appears on the figure.

My question is how to I get the figure to clear if the user clicks option 1, first, then clicks options 2, second, and vice versa without losing the menu bar when the figure is cleared.

"Brianne " <brianne.y.williams@aero.org> wrote in message <ichfvs$9du$1@fred.mathworks.com>...
> I want to create a menu bar on my GUI figure, that says option 1 and option 2.
> I then want the user to be able to click either option and the respected GUI displays on the figure. For example, if the user clicks option 1 then some editable boxes appears on the figure. If the user clicks option 2 then a editable table appears on the figure.
>
> My question is how to I get the figure to clear if the user clicks option 1, first, then clicks options 2, second, and vice versa without losing the menu bar when the figure is cleared.

When the first option is selected I would have a callback routine that sets the 'Visible' property of all the elements pertaining to the second option to 'off' and vice versa, hope that helps.

John

"John " <jrazzano@usc.edu> wrote in message <ichhig$kmd$1@fred.mathworks.com>...
> "Brianne " <brianne.y.williams@aero.org> wrote in message <ichfvs$9du$1@fred.mathworks.com>...
> > I want to create a menu bar on my GUI figure, that says option 1 and option 2.
> > I then want the user to be able to click either option and the respected GUI displays on the figure. For example, if the user clicks option 1 then some editable boxes appears on the figure. If the user clicks option 2 then a editable table appears on the figure.
> >
> > My question is how to I get the figure to clear if the user clicks option 1, first, then clicks options 2, second, and vice versa without losing the menu bar when the figure is cleared.
>
> When the first option is selected I would have a callback routine that sets the 'Visible' property of all the elements pertaining to the second option to 'off' and vice versa, hope that helps.
>
> John

John is right, here's a simple example:

- One simple GUI with two pushbuttons, OPTION1 and OPTION2
- One editbox (edit1) and one axe (axes1)
- Start with only the pushbuttons visible by adding this to the GUI initialization code

set(handles.edit1,'Visible','off');
set(handles.axes1,'Visible','off');

- The callback for the pushbutton OPTION 1 puts the editbox visible and the axes1 invisible

set(handles.edit1,'Visible','on');
set(handles.axes1,'Visible','off');

- The callback for the pushbutton OPTION 2 puts the editbox invisible and the axes1 visible

set(handles.edit1,'Visible','off');
set(handles.axes1,'Visible','on');

hope this helps

Why don't you try MAGIC:
http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/24224
It has all that and more.

Description

This GUI will help the novice user get up to speed very quickly on
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for a typical image analysis application. This application uses GUIDE
to do the user interface design, and has most of the basic controls
such as buttons, listboxes, checkboxes, radio buttons, scrollbars,
etc. It allows the user to select a folder of images, select one or
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