There isn’t any way to exclude files from the filter just yet, though we are working on it.

-Ken

Is it possible to exclude files from search? I would like to remove files starting with dot and maybe some others.

Lasse

thanks for the quick response and the useful link.

Han

We do follow Apple’s Human Interface Guidelines on the Mac, and the Microsoft’s guidelines on Windows. I think you’ll find we adhere pretty closely to Microsoft’s specification of a Search Box.

You’re right about the configuration storage location. Both of the files you mention (run_configurations.m and publish_configurations.m) are pure MATLAB files.

-Ken

I am running on Windows, but was only referring to the Mac HIG guidelines. I used this as an example of a proven guideline for search field interfaces.

I suppose the configurations are retrieved from \Mathworks\MATLAB\\publish_configurations.m and
\Mathworks\MATLAB\\run_configurations.m.

Anyway, thanks again for the clarification.

Han

If your on the Mac, you too should always see a magnifying glass. You should also see the clear button (the “x”) when there is text entered into the text field. What version of MATLAB are you running?

The Configuration Editor shows you *all* of your configurations, even for files not on the path. So when you type text into the filter field, it’s filtering on all of the configurations you’ve ever created.

-Ken

thanks for the clarification.

However I think that it is confusing to change the look of the search field depending upon the ’state’ (focus).
When looking at UI guidelines i.e. the Apple HIG I see that for a search field the magnifying glass is always visible. It also features a stop-button.

I was wondering which path Matlab uses when searching for M-file configurations? Apparently it is not only the Matlab path.

kind regards, Han

I guess I should have taken the screen shots above such that all the search and filter fields were in the same state. Let me clarify:

Where’s the magnifying glass? On Windows, the magnifying glass only shows up when there is no text in the field, and is replaced by an “x” button when text has been entered. This is the standard Windows behavior for this widget.

Where’s the prompting text? The prompting text only shows up when the search and filter filed doesn’t have focus, and is empty. This is the standard behavior on all platforms.

Let me know if that helps to clear things up.
-Ken

to improve the unification of the search widget you might consider to use the “magnifying glass” icon at the right in all widget instances. I am missing that icon in the search field in the Configuration Editor.

Another suggestion is to use the lightgrey hint “type here to …” in all widgets, so also for the Help Browser and Function Browser.

kind regards, Han