Clik here to view.
Simple GUI Tabs for Advanced Matlab Trading App
I’d like to introduce guest blogger Alex Boykov, one of the developers of the Walk-Forward Analysis Toolbox for Matlab (WFAToolbox), which enables accelerated trading strategies development using...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Adding a search box to figure toolbar
Last week I wrote about my upcoming presentations in Tel Aviv and Munich, where I will discuss a Matlab-based financial application that uses some advanced GUI concepts. In today’s post I will review...
View ArticleFaster findjobj
My findjobj utility, created in 2007 and updated over the years, has received wide recognition and is employed by numerous Matlab programs, including a few dozen utilities in the Matlab File Exchange....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Smart listbox & editbox scrollbars
A good friend recently asked me for examples where using Java in Matlab programs provides a significant benefit that would offset the risk of using undocumented/unsupported functionality, which may...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Transparent labels
For the application that I will be presenting at next week’s MATLAB Expo in Munich (presentation slides), I wanted to add a text label at a specific location within the figure. The problem was, as you...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Figure window customizations
A friend recently asked me, in light of my guesstimate that Java-based Matlab figures will be replaced by web-based figures sometime around 2018-2020, whether there are any “killer features” that make...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Listbox selection hacks
Last week a reader on the CSSM newsgroup asked whether it is possible to programmatically deselect all listbox items. By default, Matlab listboxes enable a single item selection: trying to deselect it...
View ArticleClik here to view.
AppDesigner’s mlapp file format
Six years ago, I exposed the fact that *.fig files are simply MAT files in disguise. This information, in addition to the data format that I explained in that article, can help us to introspect and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Customizing uifigures part 2
I would like to introduce guest blogger Iliya Romm of Israel’s Technion Turbomachinery and Heat Transfer Laboratory. Today Iliya will discuss how Matlab’s new web-based figures can be customized with...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Aligning uicontrol contents
Matlab automatically aligns the text contents of uicontrols: button labels are centered, listbox contents are left-aligned, and table cells align depending on their contents (left-aligned for strings,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Icon images & text in Matlab uicontrols
One of my consulting clients recently asked me if I knew any builtin Matlab GUI control that could display a list of colormap names alongside their respective image icons, in a listbox or popup menu...
View ArticleClik here to view.
uigetfile/uiputfile customizations
Matlab includes a few built-in file and folder selection dialog windows, namely uigetfile, uiputfile and uigetdir. Unfortunately, these functions are not easily extendable for user-defined...
View ArticleWorking with non-standard DPI displays
With high-density displays becoming increasingly popular, some users set their display’s DPI to a higher-than-standard (i.e., >100%) value, in order to compensate for the increased pixel density to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Sending email/text messages from Matlab
In this day and age, applications are expected to communicate with users by sending email/text messages to alert them about applicative events (“IBM stock purchased @$99.99” or “House is on fire!”)....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Password & spinner controls in Matlab GUI
I often include configuration panels in my programs, to enable the user to configure various program aspects, such as which emails should automatically be sent by the program to alert when certain...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Customizing uifigures part 3
As I have repeatedly posted in recent years, Matlab is advancing towards web-based GUI. The basic underlying technology is more-or-less stable: an HTML/Javascript webpage that is created-on-the-fly and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Builtin PopupPanel widget
8 years ago I blogged about Matlab’s builtin HelpPopup widget. This control is used by Matlab to display popup-windows with help documentation, but can also be used by users to display custom...
View ArticleClik here to view.
PlotEdit context-menu customization
Last week, a Matlab user asked whether it is possible to customize the context (right-click) menu that is presented in plot-edit mode. This menu is displayed by clicking the plot-edit (arrow) icon on...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Toolbar button labels
I was recently asked by a client to add a few buttons labeled “1”-“4” to a GUI toolbar. I thought: How hard could that be? Simply get the toolbar’s handle from the figure, then use the builtin...
View ArticleClik here to view.
IP address input control
A few weeks ago, a user posted a question on Matlab Answers, asking whether it is possible to implement a text input control that accepts and validates an IP address (for example, ‘192.168.1.101’)....
View Article