Simple Optimized GUI Tabs

Version 1.0.0.0 (20.2 KB) by WFAToolbox Team

The most simple and optimized way to create tab panels using GUIDE in 3 easy steps.

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Updated 10 Mar 2016

https://youtu.be/sdc6ec2q5X8
This script provides a template on how to create simple tab panels within a GUI in 3 easy steps.
1. Create or copy PANEL and TEXT objects in GUI
2. Rename tag of PANEL to "tabNPanel" and TEXT for "tabNtext", where N - is a sequential number.
Example: tab3Panel, tab3text, tab4Panel, tab4text etc.
3. Add to Tab Code - Settings in m-file of GUI a name of the tab to TabNames variable
Implemented in: http://wfatoolbox.com
You can learn more about Simple GUI Tabs from this article on the Undocumentedmatlab Blog: http://undocumentedmatlab.com/blog/simple-gui-tabs-for-advanced-matlab-trading-app

Cite As

WFAToolbox Team (2025). Simple Optimized GUI Tabs (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/54992-simple-optimized-gui-tabs), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved June 16, 2025.

MATLAB Release Compatibility

Created with R2012b

Compatible with any release

Platform Compatibility

Windows macOS Linux

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Acknowledgements

Inspired by: Tab panel example, tabpanel, Tab Panel (Yet another one), TabPanel Constructor v2.8 (2010), Simple Tab Example, Tab and subtabs, uitabpanel, a new way to tab for GUIDE, Simple tab panel, Simple Tab with GUIDE, Multiple Tab GUI, GUI Layout Toolbox, GUI Layout Toolbox, TabManager - Create Tab Panels (uitabgroup) from a GUIDE GUI

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Version	Published	Release Notes
1.0.0.0	10 Mar 2016	Article added Video Added	Download