MATLAB Creating Graphical User Interfaces

Use Coordinates to Place Components

The status bar at the bottom of the GUIDE Layout Editor displays:

• Current Point — The current location of the mouse relative to the lower left corner of
  the grid area in the Layout Editor.


• Position — The Position property of the selected component is a vector: [distance
  from left, distance from bottom, width, height], where distances are relative to the
  parent figure, panel, or button group.

Here is how to interpret the coordinates in the status bar and rulers:

6 Lay Out a UI Using GUIDE