MATLAB Creating Graphical User Interfaces

Lay Out Apps in App Designer

Design View in App Designer provides a rich set of layout tools for designing modern,

professional-looking applications. It also provides an extensive library of UI components,

so you can create a variety of interactive features. Any changes you make in Design View

are automatically reflected in Code View. Thus, you can configure many aspects of your

app without writing any code.

To add a component to your app, drag it from the Component Library onto the canvas.

The name of the component appears in the Component Browser after you add it to the

canvas. You can select components in either the canvas or the Component Browser. The

selection occurs in both places simultaneously.

Some components, such as edit fields and sliders, are grouped with a label when you drag

them onto the canvas. These labels do not appear in the Component Browser by default,

but you can add them to the list by right-clicking anywhere in the Component Browser

and selecting Include component labels in Component Browser. If you do not want

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