Creating Graphical User Interfaces

Laying Out the GUI

This section illustrates how to lay out GUI components (i.e., a panel, axes, and user interface controls, such as push buttons, pop-up menus, static text, etc.) in the GUI. We recommend that you create the GUI for yourself, as this is the best way to learn how to use GUIDE.

The section explains how to

• View Layout and Code for the Example
• Open a New GUI in the Layout Editor
• Set the GUI Figure Size
• Add the Components
• Align the Components

View Layout and Code for the Example

If you are reading this in the MATLAB Help browser, you can click the following links to display the GUIDE Layout Editor and the MATLAB Editor with a completed version of this example. This enables you to see the values of all component properties and to understand how the components are assembled to create the GUI. You can also see a complete listing of the code that is discussed in the following sections.

Note    The following links execute MATLAB commands and are designed to work within the MATLAB Help browser.

• Layout Editor with completed GUI layout
• MATLAB Editor with completed M-file. The M-file contains the code that controls the GUI.

An Animated Demo of Creating a GUI

The following link displays an animated version of this example.

Show GUIDE demonstration

Designing the GUI

Open a New GUI in the Layout Editor

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