User`s guide

Creating Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs)
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Handle Graphics Not Supported Under -nojvm Startup Option
If you start MATLAB with matlab -nojvm (which disables Java) you will receive a
warning when you attempt to create or load figures, open GUIs, print, or capture figures
using getframe. For more information, see “Changes to -nojvm Startup Option” on page
17-4 in the Desktop Tools and Development Environment release notes.
New Menu Options to Hide or Show GUIDE Toolbar and Status Bar
Two new menu options in GUIDE let you hide/show the GUIDE toolbar and status bar.
By default both are visible, but you can deselect Show Toolbar, Show Status Bar, or
both from the View menu to make the layout area larger.
Compatibility Considerations
The GUIDE Preferences option Show Toolbar is no longer available. Use Show
Toolbar from the GUIDE View menu instead.
GUIDE Status Bar Now Shows Tag Property of Selected Object
The GUIDE Layout Editor now shows the Tag property of any object you select, in the
left corner of the status bar that runs along its bottom. This display saves you from
having to open the Property Inspector to read Tag names. Information in the status bar
is read-only; you still need to use the Property Inspector to change a component's Tag.
Four New Major GUI Examples
The Creating Graphical User Interface documentation has four new extensive examples
of building GUIs with GUIDE and programmatically. All of them feature uitables, a
feature introduced in R2008a, and all the GUIs plot data. The new examples are:
A Working GUI with Many Components (GUIDE)
GUI for Animating a 3-D View (GUIDE) (GUIDE)
GUI to Interactively Explore Data in a Table (GUIDE) (GUIDE)
GUI that Displays and Graphs Tabular Data (programmatic)
This release includes FIG- and code files for all these examples. The documentation
discusses many of their callbacks and includes hyperlinks to code in the code files.