This repo was created to contain all of the working examples and more from a guest-post at Undocumented Matlab (a very kind ''thank you'' to Yair Altman) I made for customizing uipanels in MATLAB's web-based figure environment.
MATLAB introduced the uifigure() in the 2016a release and a lot of functionality was missing, compared to the existing figure. In an attempt to extend, explore and share the undocumented ways in which we can modify the new "Web-GUI" framework, I have created this collection.
Clone this repo:
git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/Khlick/matlabUiHacks
cd matlabUiHacks
Then, in MATLAB, run main() to add the repository directory structure to MATLAB's path (for just the session). You can set the verbose flag to true and main() will print a list of relevant M-Files to the command window.
I'll try to put useful and concise comments in every script... though sometimes I may not. I am also happy to merge just about any pull requests. That said, my intent with this repository is to make it an eclectic collection of MATLAB hacks specifically for Web-GUI figures (uifigure) and all/any of the control elements, e.g. uiknob and uipanel. The new (as of the 2016a release) figure framework is web-based and, consequently, many of the hacks will involve some form of JavaScript, CSS, HTML (or other), many of the scripts herein could be written in their source language. For this reason, I will maintain (for some time at least) a utils class with methods to MATLAB-ify the scripts. Also feel free to modify/add onto that in places you see fit.
Also, though not explicitly required, I've opted to use the mlapptoolbox in many of the examples. I have included my fork of the project in a submodule, but I highly recommend you go read about it on the original repository at https://github.com/StackOverflowMATLABchat/mlapptools.
These scripts were originally created on an a MATLAB 2018a (student) installation and I provide no guarantee that the methods, scripts, hacks, etc. will work. I also can't promise that they will work for earlier or later versions of MATLAB. Furthermore, use code from these examples freely and at your own risk!