MATLAB Creating Graphical User Interfaces

Add Components to the GUIDE Layout Area

In this section...

“Place Components” on page 6-12

“User Interface Controls” on page 6-18

“Panels and Button Groups” on page 6-39

“Axes” on page 6-44

“Table” on page 6-48

“ActiveX Component” on page 6-59

“Resize GUIDE UI Components” on page 6-61

Place Components

The component palette at the left side of the Layout Editor contains the components that

you can add to your UI.

NoteSee “Create Menus for GUIDE Apps” on page 6-77 for information about adding

menus to a UI. See “Create Toolbars for GUIDE UIs” on page 6-94 for information about

working with the toolbar.

To place components in the GUIDE layout area and give each component a unique

identifier, follow these steps:

(^1) Display component names on the palette.
a On the MATLAB Home tab, in the Environment section, click Preferences.
b In the Preferences dialog box, click GUIDE.
c Select Show Names in Component Palette, and then click OK.
(^2) Place components in the layout area according to your design.

• Drag a component from the palette and drop it in the layout area.


• Click a component in the palette and move the cursor over the layout area. The
  cursor changes to a cross. Click again to add the component in its default size, or
  click and drag to size the component as you add it.

6 Lay Out a UI Using GUIDE