MATLAB Creating Graphical User Interfaces

Add Component Shortcuts

Action Shortcut

Add component and associated label (if any)

to canvas.

Click the component and hold down the

mouse key to drag the component from the

Component Library on the left into the

design area.

Add component only to canvas. Hold down the Ctrl key, click the

component, and drag it from the

Component Library on the left into the

design area.

Component, Group, and Text Selection Shortcuts

Action Key or Keys

Move the selection to the next component,

or container in the design area tab key

navigation sequence.

Tab

Move the selection to the previous

component or container in the design area

tab key navigation sequence.

Shift+Tab

Selects all components on the canvas, with

one exception. If any of the components are

grouped, the group is selected, not the

individual components within the grouping.

Ctrl+A

Clear a component selection. Press again to

reselect the component.

Shift+Click or Ctrl+Click

In the property editor or in-place editing,

select all text in a text input field.

Ctrl+A

Select group containing a component. Alt + Click a component

Group and Ungroup Components Shortcuts

Select the components that you want to group, and then press Ctrl + G. All components

to be grouped must have the same parent component.

19 Keyboard Shortcuts