MATLAB Creating Graphical User Interfaces

6 Lay Out a UI Using GUIDE

NoteTo manage exclusive selection of radio buttons and toggle buttons, put them in a

button group. See “Button Group” on page 6-48 for more information.

Panels and Button Groups

Panels and button groups are containers that arrange UI components into groups. If you

move the panel or button group, its children move with it and maintain their positions

relative to the panel or button group.

To define panels and button groups, you must set certain properties. To do this:

1 Use the Property Inspector to modify the appropriate properties. Open the Property

Inspector by selecting View > Property Inspector or by clicking the Property

Inspector button.

2 In the layout area, select the component you are defining.

NoteSee “GUIDE Components” on page 6-13 for descriptions of these components.

See “Callbacks for Specific Components” on page 8-11 for basic examples of

programming these components.

Subsequent topics describe commonly used properties of panels and button groups and

offer a simple example for each component.

• “Commonly Used Properties” on page 6- 44


• “Panel” on page 6- 45


• “Button Group” on page 6- 48

Commonly Used Properties

The most commonly used properties needed to describe a panel or button group are

shown in the following table:

Property Values Description

Position 4-element vector: [distance

from left, distance from

bottom, width, height].

Size of the component and

its location relative to its

parent.