In R2012b, the Toolstrip was introduced. You have to admit, this give a nice modern look to MATLAB!<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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After using it for a few days, I realized that most of my work is done using only a few buttons from different tabs. So instead of continuously switching between tabs to click the few buttons I use, I decided to minimize the toolstrip and add the functions I use to the Quick Access Toolbar<\/strong>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n For example, I added the Simulink Library by right-clicking on the icon in the Toolstrip and select Add to Quick Access Toolbar<\/strong>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n After adding my commonly used buttons and shortcuts, here is how my Quick Access Toolbar looks like:<\/p>\r\n\r\n If you are curious about what type of custom shortcuts<\/em> I use, let me know!<\/p>\r\n\r\n My Desktop - MATLAB Configuration<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n With the Toolstrip and Quick Access Toolbar setup, here is what my desktop look like most of the time:<\/p>\r\n\r\n Next Step<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n In the configuration shown above, there are still two settings for which I have not made a final choice:<\/p>\r\n\r\n The options for positioning those two toolbars are described by David Garrison in this post The MATLAB R2012b Desktop - Part 2: Customizing the R2012b MATLAB Desktop<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n Let me know if you have suggestions for those!<\/p>\r\n\r\n My Desktop - Simulink Configuration<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n Some days, I know I will spend a lot of time developing a large Simulink model. In that case, I like to take the time to arrange things differently.<\/p>\r\n\r\n To avoid Atl-Tabbing<\/em> between the MATLAB Desktop and the Simulink Editor, I like to undock the MATLAB prompt and an editor window. That way I can easily access the prompt if I need to quickly evaluate something, and type notes or possible values for variables in the editor. Here is what it typically looks like:<\/p>\r\n\r\n Now it's your turn<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n How do you configure your desktop? Do you take advantage of the customization features to optimize your workflow? Let us know by leaving a comment here<\/a>.\r\n\r\n <\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As you probably know by now, a lot of changes happened in MATLAB R2012b.\r\n\r\nAs with everything, changes in our environment or with what we are used to requires adaptation. To help you with this, I... read more >><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[102,16],"tags":[286],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/simulink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1347"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/simulink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/simulink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/simulink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/simulink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1347"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/simulink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1347\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1379,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/simulink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1347\/revisions\/1379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/simulink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/simulink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/simulink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Adding](\"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/images\/seth\/2012Q3\/AddToQAT.png\")
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