| Creating Graphical User Interfaces | |
Introduction
A graphical user interface (GUI) is a user interface built with graphical objects, such as buttons, text fields, sliders, and menus. In general, these objects already have meanings to most computer users. For example, when you move a slider, a value changes; when you press an "OK" button, your settings are applied and a dialog box is dismissed. Of course, to leverage this built-in familiarity, you must be consistent in how you use the various GUI-building components.
Applications that provide GUIs are generally easier to learn and use since the person using the application does not need to know what commands are available or how they work. The action that results from a particular user action can be made clear by the design of the interface.
The sections that follow describe how to create GUIs with MATLAB. This includes laying out the components, programming them to do specific things in response to user actions, and saving and launching the GUI; in other words, the mechanics of creating GUIs. This documentation does not attempt to cover the "art" of good user interface design, which is an entire field unto itself. Topics covered in this section include:
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