Creating Graphical User Interfaces

Setting Properties for GUI Components

To set the properties of each GUI component, select the Property Inspector from the View menu to display the Property Inspector dialog box. When you select a component in the Layout Editor, the Property Inspector displays that component's properties. If no component is selected, the Property Inspector displays the properties of the GUI figure.

This section tells you how to set these properties:

• Name Property
• Title Property
• String Property for Push Buttons and Static Text
• String Property for Pop-up Menus
• Callback Properties
• The Tag Property

Name Property

The value of a figure's Name property is the title that displays at the top of the GUI.

The first time you save or run the GUI, GUIDE sets the value of Name to the name of the FIG-file. Once the GUI is saved, you can set the value of Name to the string you want to use as its title. In the field next to Name, type Simple GUI, as shown in the following figure.

Align the Components

Title Property

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