MATLAB Creating Graphical User Interfaces

5 GUIDE Preferences and Options

GUIDE Preferences

In this section...

“Set Preferences” on page 5- 2

“Confirmation Preferences” on page 5- 2

“Backward Compatibility Preference” on page 5- 4

“All Other Preferences” on page 5- 4

Set Preferences

You can set preferences for GUIDE. From the MATLAB Home tab, in the Environment

section, click Preferences. These preferences apply to GUIDE and to all UIs you create.

The preferences are in different locations within the Preferences dialog box:

Confirmation Preferences

GUIDE provides two confirmation preferences. You can choose whether you want to

display a confirmation dialog box when you

• Activate a UI from GUIDE.


• Export a UI from GUIDE.


• Change a callback signature generated by GUIDE.

In the Preferences dialog box, click MATLAB > General > Confirmation Dialogs

to access the GUIDE confirmation preferences. Look for the word GUIDE in the Tool

column.