Tooltip Waitbar

Displays a tooltip-sized waitbar beneath uicontrols.

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Cite As

Geoffrey Akien (2026). Tooltip Waitbar (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/26284-tooltip-waitbar), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

Acknowledgements

Inspired: Automated patch clamp

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General Information

MATLAB Release Compatibility

  • Compatible with any release

Platform Compatibility

  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux
Version Published Release Notes Action
1.4.0

Combined the existing 3 files into one, so syntax has changed significantly, added support for a percent label, and for aborting the task.

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1.3.0

Modified to reflect the fact that UIContextMenus cannot be the children of uipanels.

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1.2.0

Lots of recoding and tidying up - it now makes much more sense. Added some better documentation in the header. As Yair suggested, The message now gets added to a tooltip, and a context menu can be enabled so the user can hide the waitbar away.

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1.1.0

Forgot to include a helper file (getposition).

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1.0.0

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