{"id":8157,"date":"2016-12-02T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-12-02T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/pick\/?p=8157"},"modified":"2016-12-05T00:14:28","modified_gmt":"2016-12-05T05:14:28","slug":"quickly-create-an-interactive-data-viewer-with-tabbed-figures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/pick\/2016\/12\/02\/quickly-create-an-interactive-data-viewer-with-tabbed-figures\/","title":{"rendered":"Quickly create an interactive data viewer with tabbed figures"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jiro<\/a>‘s pick this week is Tabbed Figure<\/a> by Curtis<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Have you ever wanted to visualize a bunch of data so that you can quickly explore through them? Well, that sounds like a pretty standard thing to do in MATLAB. I can easily create plots, perhaps on separate figure<\/a> windows, or subplots<\/a>, or multiple lines on a graph. But if I need to organize them a bit more so that I can quickly switch between the graphs, I may need to create a nice user interface for it. But that would take some time. I have to think about the layout, work on the backend plumbing, and display the appropriate data at the appropriate location.<\/p>\n

Curtis’s tfigure<\/tt> lets me create such an “app” without requiring much more effort than creating regular plots. Take a look at this video below. I just create my data … create the tabs … display my data … and voila! I have an interactive app for exploring my data.<\/p>\n

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The code is written using object-oriented programming in MATLAB, and Curtis includes nice documentation as well as a demo code.<\/p>\n

Comments<\/b><\/p>\n

Give it a try and let us know what you think here<\/a> or leave a comment<\/a> for Curtis.<\/p>\n