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March 8th, 2007

Tabbed GUIs

Going through the e-mail this week, I was asked how to make a GUI with tab panels. I know that using a few special techniques, it is possible to build a tab panel using GUIDE. I figured someone on MATLAB Central would have written this common procedure up already. It turns out Bill was that person. So, if you want to know how to put tab panels on a GUI, check this out.

Tab Panel

By Doug Hull

13:54 UTC | Posted in GUI or GUIDE, Uncategorized | Permalink |

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7 Responses to “Tabbed GUIs”

  1. Gary replied on March 14th, 2007 at 11:39 UTC :

    Not to take anything away from Bill and his clever approach, but there’s got to be a better way! I would love to see a future version of Guide that supports REAL tabs and allows me to show/hide the tab contents as I build the GUI.

  2. Stuart replied on October 4th, 2007 at 17:46 UTC :

    I agree with Gary. There has GOT to be a better way!

  3. Peter replied on November 12th, 2007 at 19:38 UTC :

    This is EXTREMELY important and I hope the MathWorks moves this up on its priority list soon!!! Thanks to all the contributors on this

  4. Radu replied on February 5th, 2008 at 06:29 UTC :

    I’d also love to see real-tab support in Guide.

  5. Ben replied on June 25th, 2008 at 15:39 UTC :

    Looks like there is an ActiveX tab type thing, eg…
    f = figure(’position’, [20 40 500 300]);
    tab = actxcontrol(’Forms.TabStrip.1′, [10 10 480 280], f);

    but I cant figure out how to do anything with them!

  6. Leo replied on August 29th, 2008 at 04:01 UTC :

    Still a long way to go to get the GUI functionalities like that of VB, but I’m still hoping it will be soon. Keep up the the good work guys..

  7. Dmitry replied on February 6th, 2009 at 17:02 UTC :

    Absolutely agree. Lack of “GUI real estate space” becomes a major problem for me soon after I start developing any Matlab GUI. Absence of tabs is a major disadvantage. Otherwise, GUIDE is pretty good.

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