Comments on: R2009b is here! http://blogs.mathworks.com/desktop/2009/09/04/r2009b-is-here/ Mike works on the MATLAB Desktop team Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:17:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Mike http://blogs.mathworks.com/desktop/2009/09/04/r2009b-is-here/#comment-7442 Mike Tue, 09 Nov 2010 13:20:55 +0000 http://blogs.mathworks.com/desktop/2009/09/04/r2009b-is-here/#comment-7442 @Loren, If I had to make an uninformed guess, I'd say it has to to with having a MATLAB icon as both a quick launch icon and as a running app icon. All of my Win7 programs that I have a quick launch icon for spawn new taskbar items, except for the Windows Explorer. @Loren,

If I had to make an uninformed guess, I’d say it has to to with having a MATLAB icon as both a quick launch icon and as a running app icon. All of my Win7 programs that I have a quick launch icon for spawn new taskbar items, except for the Windows Explorer.

]]> By: Loren http://blogs.mathworks.com/desktop/2009/09/04/r2009b-is-here/#comment-7441 Loren Tue, 09 Nov 2010 12:55:31 +0000 http://blogs.mathworks.com/desktop/2009/09/04/r2009b-is-here/#comment-7441 Weird about the Windows 7 taskbar. MATLAB behaves for me as all other apps seem to - I don't have 2 icons show up. --loren Weird about the Windows 7 taskbar. MATLAB behaves for me as all other apps seem to – I don’t have 2 icons show up.

–loren

]]> By: Bill http://blogs.mathworks.com/desktop/2009/09/04/r2009b-is-here/#comment-7439 Bill Mon, 08 Nov 2010 21:47:05 +0000 http://blogs.mathworks.com/desktop/2009/09/04/r2009b-is-here/#comment-7439 Steve's comments on the extra icon when launching MATLAB in Windows 7 rings true. We should fix this, it's quite annoying as I'll inadvertently launch multiple instances of MATLAB when I just want to find the current instance... Steve’s comments on the extra icon when launching MATLAB in Windows 7 rings true. We should fix this, it’s quite annoying as I’ll inadvertently launch multiple instances of MATLAB when I just want to find the current instance…

]]> By: Tobias http://blogs.mathworks.com/desktop/2009/09/04/r2009b-is-here/#comment-6608 Tobias Wed, 21 Oct 2009 09:37:59 +0000 http://blogs.mathworks.com/desktop/2009/09/04/r2009b-is-here/#comment-6608 I must agree with John and Steve. In windows 7 matlab isn't that taskbar friendly and I regulary open multiple instances of matlab. I must agree with John and Steve. In windows 7 matlab isn’t that taskbar friendly and I regulary open multiple instances of matlab.

]]> By: John http://blogs.mathworks.com/desktop/2009/09/04/r2009b-is-here/#comment-6574 John Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:16:19 +0000 http://blogs.mathworks.com/desktop/2009/09/04/r2009b-is-here/#comment-6574 Let me echo Steve's comment on the Windows 7 taskbar issue. I find that I frequently launch an extra version of Matlab when I click on the wrong set of taskbar buttons. It's annoying I suppose some people may want to launch multiple versions of matlab, but for myself, I'd rather have Matlab be more taskbar-aware (keep one set of icons). Make this confgurable perhaps? Let me echo Steve’s comment on the Windows 7 taskbar issue. I find that I frequently launch an extra version of Matlab when I click on the wrong set of taskbar buttons. It’s annoying

I suppose some people may want to launch multiple versions of matlab, but for myself, I’d rather have Matlab be more taskbar-aware (keep one set of icons). Make this confgurable perhaps?

]]> By: Steve http://blogs.mathworks.com/desktop/2009/09/04/r2009b-is-here/#comment-6568 Steve Sat, 10 Oct 2009 22:25:22 +0000 http://blogs.mathworks.com/desktop/2009/09/04/r2009b-is-here/#comment-6568 There is an issue with Windows 7 that is not really serious, but should be fixed eventually. In Windows 7, when an application pinned to the taskbar is executed, the icon in the taskbar has a border to show it is active. When MATLAB is pinned to the taskbar, and it is executed, a new "taskbar icon" is created with the running instance of MATLAB. There is an issue with Windows 7 that is not really serious, but should be fixed eventually.

In Windows 7, when an application pinned to the taskbar is executed, the icon in the taskbar has a border to show it is active.

When MATLAB is pinned to the taskbar, and it is executed, a new “taskbar icon” is created with the running instance of MATLAB.

]]> By: Ken http://blogs.mathworks.com/desktop/2009/09/04/r2009b-is-here/#comment-6479 Ken Tue, 08 Sep 2009 13:03:06 +0000 http://blogs.mathworks.com/desktop/2009/09/04/r2009b-is-here/#comment-6479 Hi Thomas, The shortcuts for individual tools are currently dynamically generated. You can submit an enhancement request for those to be customizable <a href="http://www.mathworks.com/support/service_requests/contact_support.do" rel="nofollow">here</a>. I can't reproduce the second item you mention. I created a GUIDE UI, and add a menu item with a shortcut key (I chose Cmd+D). I put a disp in the callback of that menu item, and verified that I saw the print-out when I pressed Cmd+D. Note that menus (the container for menu items) will not respond to shortcuts as this is not standard Mac OS X behavior. -Ken Hi Thomas,

The shortcuts for individual tools are currently dynamically generated. You can submit an enhancement request for those to be customizable here.

I can’t reproduce the second item you mention. I created a GUIDE UI, and add a menu item with a shortcut key (I chose Cmd+D). I put a disp in the callback of that menu item, and verified that I saw the print-out when I pressed Cmd+D. Note that menus (the container for menu items) will not respond to shortcuts as this is not standard Mac OS X behavior.

-Ken

]]> By: Thomas http://blogs.mathworks.com/desktop/2009/09/04/r2009b-is-here/#comment-6473 Thomas Mon, 07 Sep 2009 21:41:18 +0000 http://blogs.mathworks.com/desktop/2009/09/04/r2009b-is-here/#comment-6473 Hi Ken, many of the shortcuts you are now allowed to customize are irrelevant to my work flow. Useful to me would be assigning/ changing the shortcuts to jump between main window, the editor and GUIDE interface. At the moment I'm cycling through all the open windows using the cmd+~ combination. However, addressing them individually with a shortcut would be better/ faster. The shortcuts you assigned (cmd+0 and cmd+shift+0) are simply not working for me, i.e. I would like to change them to say: commad window -> cmd+1, editor-> cmd+2, help browser-> cmd+3, guide interface-> cmd+4 The other issue I mentioned was that you can give shortcuts for commands/ buttons in the GUIDE (see under Tools> Menu editor> Accelerator). I never got them to work, regardless which key combination I chose. With every release I hope you might fix this... Hi Ken,
many of the shortcuts you are now allowed to customize are irrelevant to my work flow. Useful to me would be assigning/ changing the shortcuts to jump between main window, the editor and GUIDE interface. At the moment I’m cycling through all the open windows using the cmd+~ combination. However, addressing them individually with a shortcut would be better/ faster. The shortcuts you assigned (cmd+0 and cmd+shift+0) are simply not working for me, i.e. I would like to change them to say: commad window -> cmd+1, editor-> cmd+2, help browser-> cmd+3, guide interface-> cmd+4

The other issue I mentioned was that you can give shortcuts for commands/ buttons in the GUIDE (see under Tools> Menu editor> Accelerator). I never got them to work, regardless which key combination I chose. With every release I hope you might fix this…

]]> By: Ken http://blogs.mathworks.com/desktop/2009/09/04/r2009b-is-here/#comment-6470 Ken Mon, 07 Sep 2009 19:17:11 +0000 http://blogs.mathworks.com/desktop/2009/09/04/r2009b-is-here/#comment-6470 @Gagan, Please contact customer support <a href="http://www.mathworks.com/support/contact_us/index.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>. -Ken @Gagan,

Please contact customer support here.

-Ken

]]> By: Ken http://blogs.mathworks.com/desktop/2009/09/04/r2009b-is-here/#comment-6468 Ken Mon, 07 Sep 2009 19:01:24 +0000 http://blogs.mathworks.com/desktop/2009/09/04/r2009b-is-here/#comment-6468 Thomas, Many of the items you bring up are addressed by Ken A. <a href="http://blogs.mathworks.com/desktop/" rel="nofollow">here</a>. As Ken A. also pointed out <a href="http://blogs.mathworks.com/desktop/2009/08/31/pouncing-on-snow-leopard/#comment-6433" rel="nofollow">here</a> we are working on the menu bar issue. I'm not sure what you mean by "*customizable* shortcuts for the main windows (command window and editor) would be really, really useful!!" or "assigned shortcuts in GUIs (->menu editor) don’t work". Could you elaborate? -Ken Thomas,

Many of the items you bring up are addressed by Ken A. here. As Ken A. also pointed out here we are working on the menu bar issue.

I’m not sure what you mean by “*customizable* shortcuts for the main windows (command window and editor) would be really, really useful!!” or “assigned shortcuts in GUIs (->menu editor) don’t work”. Could you elaborate?

-Ken

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