MATLAB Creating Graphical User Interfaces

4 What Is GUIDE?

GUIDE: Getting Started

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“UI Layout” on page 4- 2

“UI Programming” on page 4- 2

UI Layout

GUIDE is a development environment that provides a set of tools for creating user

interfaces (UIs). These tools simplify the process of laying out and programming UIs.

Using the GUIDE Layout Editor, you can populate a UI by clicking and dragging UI

components—such as axes, panels, buttons, text fields, sliders, and so on—into the layout

area. You also can create menus and context menus for the UI. From the Layout Editor,

you can size the UI, modify component look and feel, align components, set tab order,

view a hierarchical list of the component objects, and set UI options.

UI Programming

GUIDE automatically generates a program file containing MATLAB functions that

controls how the UI behaves. This code file provides code to initialize the UI, and it

contains a framework for the UI callbacks. Callbacks are functions that execute when

the user interacts with a UI component. Use the MATLAB Editor to add code to these

callbacks.

NoteMATLAB software provides a selection of standard dialog boxes that you can create

with a single function call. For an example, see the documentation for msgbox, which

also provides links to functions that create specialized predefined dialog boxes.