Starting the Layout Editor :: Laying Out GUIs and Setting Properties (Creating Graphical User Interfaces)

Creating Graphical User Interfaces

Starting the Layout Editor

To start the Layout Editor, first open the GUIDE Quick Start dialog by entering guide at the MATLAB prompt. Click OK in the dialog to open a blank GUI template in the Layout Editor, as shown in the following picture.

blank GUI template

If you want to load an existing GUI for editing, type

```
guide filename.fig
```

or use Open from the File menu on the Layout Editor.

Using the Layout Editor Selecting Components from the Component Palette