Comments on: The GUI way of doing things http://blogs.mathworks.com/desktop/2009/07/20/the-gui-way-of-doing-things/ Mike works on the MATLAB Desktop team Thu, 16 Feb 2012 04:13:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Yair Altman http://blogs.mathworks.com/desktop/2009/07/20/the-gui-way-of-doing-things/#comment-6571 Yair Altman Mon, 12 Oct 2009 08:43:55 +0000 http://blogs.mathworks.com/desktop/2009/07/20/the-gui-way-of-doing-things/#comment-6571 @Stephan - Matlab does support default dialog button - see the example of 'creamy' in the questdlg snippet in Mike's original post above. @Stephan – Matlab does support default dialog button – see the example of ‘creamy’ in the questdlg snippet in Mike’s original post above.

]]> By: Stephen L. Morgan http://blogs.mathworks.com/desktop/2009/07/20/the-gui-way-of-doing-things/#comment-6570 Stephen L. Morgan Mon, 12 Oct 2009 06:19:05 +0000 http://blogs.mathworks.com/desktop/2009/07/20/the-gui-way-of-doing-things/#comment-6570 Why can't dialog boxes in Matlab support a default button assignment so that the user does not have to use the mouse when the focus is on the button desired? Why can’t dialog boxes in Matlab support a default button assignment so that the user does not have to use the mouse when the focus is on the button desired?

]]> By: us http://blogs.mathworks.com/desktop/2009/07/20/the-gui-way-of-doing-things/#comment-6371 us Wed, 22 Jul 2009 19:16:21 +0000 http://blogs.mathworks.com/desktop/2009/07/20/the-gui-way-of-doing-things/#comment-6371 ...now i'm really hungry... us …now i’m really hungry…
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]]> By: Mike http://blogs.mathworks.com/desktop/2009/07/20/the-gui-way-of-doing-things/#comment-6368 Mike Wed, 22 Jul 2009 14:13:00 +0000 http://blogs.mathworks.com/desktop/2009/07/20/the-gui-way-of-doing-things/#comment-6368 Amy, I will bring your suggestion to the developers. Thanks! Amy,

I will bring your suggestion to the developers. Thanks!

]]> By: Amy http://blogs.mathworks.com/desktop/2009/07/20/the-gui-way-of-doing-things/#comment-6367 Amy Wed, 22 Jul 2009 13:51:55 +0000 http://blogs.mathworks.com/desktop/2009/07/20/the-gui-way-of-doing-things/#comment-6367 That should be "instead of a list box, a popup menu" That should be “instead of a list box, a popup menu”

]]> By: Amy http://blogs.mathworks.com/desktop/2009/07/20/the-gui-way-of-doing-things/#comment-6366 Amy Wed, 22 Jul 2009 13:50:25 +0000 http://blogs.mathworks.com/desktop/2009/07/20/the-gui-way-of-doing-things/#comment-6366 What about a function called popupdlg that would display instead of a list box and popup menu? What about a function called popupdlg that would display instead of a list box and popup menu?

]]> By: Scott Hirsch http://blogs.mathworks.com/desktop/2009/07/20/the-gui-way-of-doing-things/#comment-6365 Scott Hirsch Wed, 22 Jul 2009 09:39:43 +0000 http://blogs.mathworks.com/desktop/2009/07/20/the-gui-way-of-doing-things/#comment-6365 It's great as always to hear the different perspectives from readers of this blog (who knew about chocolate peanut butter??). As for the future of graphics and GUI building in MATLAB - we recognize these as core capabilities of the MATLAB platform and are very committed to evolve these features to leverage evolution in technology since they were originally released. We have nothing to announce right now, other than that we've been listening and are working really hard for you! It’s great as always to hear the different perspectives from readers of this blog (who knew about chocolate peanut butter??). As for the future of graphics and GUI building in MATLAB – we recognize these as core capabilities of the MATLAB platform and are very committed to evolve these features to leverage evolution in technology since they were originally released. We have nothing to announce right now, other than that we’ve been listening and are working really hard for you!

]]> By: wei http://blogs.mathworks.com/desktop/2009/07/20/the-gui-way-of-doing-things/#comment-6364 wei Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:24:22 +0000 http://blogs.mathworks.com/desktop/2009/07/20/the-gui-way-of-doing-things/#comment-6364 These are nice small examples of matlab GUI. Over the years handle graphics (HG) has made many advances. But a major refreshing of handle graphics is highly desireable and will keep it updated for GUI development. There are two reasons for this: user expectation is higher and other development environment is easier. One evidence is that the Mathworks' own GUI for various toolboxes are moved away from HG more and more, for whatever the reason. Scott Hirsch (@TMW) said once that HG will get much better. I hope this promise is realized soon. These are nice small examples of matlab GUI. Over the years handle graphics (HG) has made many advances. But a major refreshing of handle graphics is highly desireable and will keep it updated for GUI development.

There are two reasons for this: user expectation is higher and other development environment is easier. One evidence is that the Mathworks’ own GUI for various toolboxes are moved away from HG more and more, for whatever the reason.

Scott Hirsch (@TMW) said once that HG will get much better. I hope this promise is realized soon.

]]> By: Mike http://blogs.mathworks.com/desktop/2009/07/20/the-gui-way-of-doing-things/#comment-6363 Mike Tue, 21 Jul 2009 12:44:36 +0000 http://blogs.mathworks.com/desktop/2009/07/20/the-gui-way-of-doing-things/#comment-6363 That's because the <tt>menu</tt> function is ten years old. It's still hanging around for backwards compatibility. The state of the art in UI design is not to have long lists of buttons so I hope it's not actually still used much. That’s because the menu function is ten years old. It’s still hanging around for backwards compatibility. The state of the art in UI design is not to have long lists of buttons so I hope it’s not actually still used much.

]]> By: Petter http://blogs.mathworks.com/desktop/2009/07/20/the-gui-way-of-doing-things/#comment-6361 Petter Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:26:51 +0000 http://blogs.mathworks.com/desktop/2009/07/20/the-gui-way-of-doing-things/#comment-6361 Sorry for not clarifying me more. The trend that SciPy is growing strongly is that many of my coworkers (in academia) are trying to use MATLAB less and less. They are writing books on Python and encouraging others to "switch". The reasons stated are among others the many libraries available for GUI design in Python. This is indeed my personal experience in academia, but this is definitely a trend among the people I meet. So far, I have continued to use MATLAB myself. Well, the title bar in the last example certainly looks XP, but the color palette of the actual contents looks more 90's-ish. Sorry for not clarifying me more.

The trend that SciPy is growing strongly is that many of my coworkers (in academia) are trying to use MATLAB less and less. They are writing books on Python and encouraging others to “switch”. The reasons stated are among others the many libraries available for GUI design in Python.

This is indeed my personal experience in academia, but this is definitely a trend among the people I meet. So far, I have continued to use MATLAB myself.

Well, the title bar in the last example certainly looks XP, but the color palette of the actual contents looks more 90′s-ish.

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