Open a New GUI in the Layout Editor :: Creating a GUI (Creating Graphical User Interfaces)

Creating Graphical User Interfaces

Open a New GUI in the Layout Editor

Open GUIDE by typing guide at the MATLAB prompt. This displays the Guide Quick Start dialog shown in the following figure.

Guide Quick Start dialog box

If GUIDE is already open, you can display a similar dialog, by selecting New from the File menu. This dialog has no Open Existing GUI tab.

In the Quick Start dialog, select the Blank GUI (default) template. Click OK to display the blank GUI in the Layout Editor, as shown in the following figure.

Blank GUI in the layout editor

To display the names of the GUI components in the component palette, select Preferences from the File menu, check the box next to Show names in component palette, and click OK. The Layout Editor then appears as shown in the following figure.

Layout editor showing names of GUI components in the component palette

Laying Out the GUI Set the GUI Figure Size