Creating Graphical User Interfaces Chapter 15 MATLAB for

Creating Graphical User Interfaces Chapter 15 MATLAB for Engineers 3 E, by Holly Moore. © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. , Upper Saddle River, NJ. All rights reserved. This material is protected by Copyright and written permission should be obtained from the publisher prior to any prohibited reproduction, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or likewise. For information regarding permission(s), write to: Rights and Permissions Department, Pearson Education, Inc. , Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458.

Objectives After studying this chapter you should be able to: • Understand how to use the GUIDE editor • Understand how to modify function callbacks • Be able to create graphical user interfaces MATLAB for Engineers 3 E, by Holly Moore. © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. , Upper Saddle River, NJ. All rights reserved. This material is protected by Copyright and written permission should be obtained from the publisher prior to any prohibited reproduction, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or likewise. For information regarding permission(s), write to: Rights and Permissions Department, Pearson Education, Inc. , Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458.

GUI • Graphical User Interface • GUIDE interface is a GUI to help you create GUI’s • Review • Structure Arrays • Subfunctions • Handle Graphics MATLAB for Engineers 3 E, by Holly Moore. © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. , Upper Saddle River, NJ. All rights reserved. This material is protected by Copyright and written permission should be obtained from the publisher prior to any prohibited reproduction, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or likewise. For information regarding permission(s), write to: Rights and Permissions Department, Pearson Education, Inc. , Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458.

15. 1 A Simple GUI with One User Interaction • Create a GUI that allows us to enter the number of sides on a polygon – and that then draws the polygon in polar coordinates MATLAB for Engineers 3 E, by Holly Moore. © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. , Upper Saddle River, NJ. All rights reserved. This material is protected by Copyright and written permission should be obtained from the publisher prior to any prohibited reproduction, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or likewise. For information regarding permission(s), write to: Rights and Permissions Department, Pearson Education, Inc. , Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458.

Opening GUIDE MATLAB for Engineers 3 E, by Holly Moore. © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. , Upper Saddle River, NJ. All rights reserved. This material is protected by Copyright and written permission should be obtained from the publisher prior to any prohibited reproduction, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or likewise. For information regarding permission(s), write to: Rights and Permissions Department, Pearson Education, Inc. , Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458.

MATLAB for Engineers 3 E, by Holly Moore. © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. , Upper Saddle River, NJ. All rights reserved. This material is protected by Copyright and written permission should be obtained from the publisher prior to any prohibited reproduction, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or likewise. For information regarding permission(s), write to: Rights and Permissions Department, Pearson Education, Inc. , Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458.

Design the GUI using the layout editor MATLAB for Engineers 3 E, by Holly Moore. © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. , Upper Saddle River, NJ. All rights reserved. This material is protected by Copyright and written permission should be obtained from the publisher prior to any prohibited reproduction, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or likewise. For information regarding permission(s), write to: Rights and Permissions Department, Pearson Education, Inc. , Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458.

Change the component palette display to a list MATLAB for Engineers 3 E, by Holly Moore. © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. , Upper Saddle River, NJ. All rights reserved. This material is protected by Copyright and written permission should be obtained from the publisher prior to any prohibited reproduction, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or likewise. For information regarding permission(s), write to: Rights and Permissions Department, Pearson Education, Inc. , Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458.

Component Palette MATLAB for Engineers 3 E, by Holly Moore. © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. , Upper Saddle River, NJ. All rights reserved. This material is protected by Copyright and written permission should be obtained from the publisher prior to any prohibited reproduction, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or likewise. For information regarding permission(s), write to: Rights and Permissions Department, Pearson Education, Inc. , Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458.

MATLAB for Engineers 3 E, by Holly Moore. © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. , Upper Saddle River, NJ. All rights reserved. This material is protected by Copyright and written permission should be obtained from the publisher prior to any prohibited reproduction, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or likewise. For information regarding permission(s), write to: Rights and Permissions Department, Pearson Education, Inc. , Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458.

To change the properties of an object, right click on it and then select ‘Property Inspector MATLAB for Engineers 3 E, by Holly Moore. © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. , Upper Saddle River, NJ. All rights reserved. This material is protected by Copyright and written permission should be obtained from the publisher prior to any prohibited reproduction, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or likewise. For information regarding permission(s), write to: Rights and Permissions Department, Pearson Education, Inc. , Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458.

MATLAB for Engineers 3 E, by Holly Moore. © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. , Upper Saddle River, NJ. All rights reserved. This material is protected by Copyright and written permission should be obtained from the publisher prior to any prohibited reproduction, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or likewise. For information regarding permission(s), write to: Rights and Permissions Department, Pearson Education, Inc. , Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458.

Change the field from ‘Static Text’ to ‘Enter the number of sides’ MATLAB for Engineers 3 E, by Holly Moore. © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. , Upper Saddle River, NJ. All rights reserved. This material is protected by Copyright and written permission should be obtained from the publisher prior to any prohibited reproduction, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or likewise. For information regarding permission(s), write to: Rights and Permissions Department, Pearson Education, Inc. , Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458.

Adding code to the m-file Once you have created a layout in the editor, select the save and run icon to create the m-file MATLAB for Engineers 3 E, by Holly Moore. © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. , Upper Saddle River, NJ. All rights reserved. This material is protected by Copyright and written permission should be obtained from the publisher prior to any prohibited reproduction, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or likewise. For information regarding permission(s), write to: Rights and Permissions Department, Pearson Education, Inc. , Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458.

Selecting the ‘Show functions’ icon opens a list of all the subfunctions in the file The only functions the user should modify are labeled as: • gui_name_Opening. Fcn • graphics_object_name_Callback MATLAB for Engineers 3 E, by Holly Moore. © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. , Upper Saddle River, NJ. All rights reserved. This material is protected by Copyright and written permission should be obtained from the publisher prior to any prohibited reproduction, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or likewise. For information regarding permission(s), write to: Rights and Permissions Department, Pearson Education, Inc. , Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458.

Alternate Approach Right click on the edit textbox to locate the corresponding m-file subfunction MATLAB for Engineers 3 E, by Holly Moore. © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. , Upper Saddle River, NJ. All rights reserved. This material is protected by Copyright and written permission should be obtained from the publisher prior to any prohibited reproduction, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or likewise. For information regarding permission(s), write to: Rights and Permissions Department, Pearson Education, Inc. , Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458.

Contents of the edit 1_Callback There is effectively no content, until you add some! MATLAB for Engineers 3 E, by Holly Moore. © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. , Upper Saddle River, NJ. All rights reserved. This material is protected by Copyright and written permission should be obtained from the publisher prior to any prohibited reproduction, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or likewise. For information regarding permission(s), write to: Rights and Permissions Department, Pearson Education, Inc. , Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458.

Modified edit 1_Callback This code retrieves the number of sides from the edit 1 window, then uses sides to calculate angles – and then to plot the polygon MATLAB for Engineers 3 E, by Holly Moore. © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. , Upper Saddle River, NJ. All rights reserved. This material is protected by Copyright and written permission should be obtained from the publisher prior to any prohibited reproduction, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or likewise. For information regarding permission(s), write to: Rights and Permissions Department, Pearson Education, Inc. , Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458.

Opening Appearance of the GUI Appearance after requesting a 3 sided polygon, and running the m-file as modified with the code on the previous slide MATLAB for Engineers 3 E, by Holly Moore. © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. , Upper Saddle River, NJ. All rights reserved. This material is protected by Copyright and written permission should be obtained from the publisher prior to any prohibited reproduction, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or likewise. For information regarding permission(s), write to: Rights and Permissions Department, Pearson Education, Inc. , Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458.

Modify the Opening Function • Rather than opening with a square axis, it would be nice if the GUI started with a blank graph laid out in polar coordinates • This is accomplished by modifying the opening funciton MATLAB for Engineers 3 E, by Holly Moore. © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. , Upper Saddle River, NJ. All rights reserved. This material is protected by Copyright and written permission should be obtained from the publisher prior to any prohibited reproduction, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or likewise. For information regarding permission(s), write to: Rights and Permissions Department, Pearson Education, Inc. , Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458.

Modified Appearance of the opening GUI MATLAB for Engineers 3 E, by Holly Moore. © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. , Upper Saddle River, NJ. All rights reserved. This material is protected by Copyright and written permission should be obtained from the publisher prior to any prohibited reproduction, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or likewise. For information regarding permission(s), write to: Rights and Permissions Department, Pearson Education, Inc. , Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458.

15. 2 GUI with multiple user interactions • Plot the trajectory of a projectile launched from a cannon MATLAB for Engineers 3 E, by Holly Moore. © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. , Upper Saddle River, NJ. All rights reserved. This material is protected by Copyright and written permission should be obtained from the publisher prior to any prohibited reproduction, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or likewise. For information regarding permission(s), write to: Rights and Permissions Department, Pearson Education, Inc. , Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458.

Ready Aim Fire Components • • Axes (for the graph) Edit Textbox (for the angle input) Edit Textbox (for the initial velocity input) Push Button (to fire the cannon) Static Textbox (To label the angle textbox Static Textbox (to label the velocity textbox) Panel (to group the textboxes together – not necessary but nice) MATLAB for Engineers 3 E, by Holly Moore. © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. , Upper Saddle River, NJ. All rights reserved. This material is protected by Copyright and written permission should be obtained from the publisher prior to any prohibited reproduction, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or likewise. For information regarding permission(s), write to: Rights and Permissions Department, Pearson Education, Inc. , Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458.

Ready Aim Fire MATLAB for Engineers 3 E, by Holly Moore. © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. , Upper Saddle River, NJ. All rights reserved. This material is protected by Copyright and written permission should be obtained from the publisher prior to any prohibited reproduction, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or likewise. For information regarding permission(s), write to: Rights and Permissions Department, Pearson Education, Inc. , Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458.

Change the object names to something meaningful – so that it is easier to navigate the code Change to launch angle MATLAB for Engineers 3 E, by Holly Moore. © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. , Upper Saddle River, NJ. All rights reserved. This material is protected by Copyright and written permission should be obtained from the publisher prior to any prohibited reproduction, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or likewise. For information regarding permission(s), write to: Rights and Permissions Department, Pearson Education, Inc. , Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458.

MATLAB for Engineers 3 E, by Holly Moore. © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. , Upper Saddle River, NJ. All rights reserved. This material is protected by Copyright and written permission should be obtained from the publisher prior to any prohibited reproduction, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or likewise. For information regarding permission(s), write to: Rights and Permissions Department, Pearson Education, Inc. , Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458.

15. 3 An Improved Ready_Aim_Fire Program MATLAB for Engineers 3 E, by Holly Moore. © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. , Upper Saddle River, NJ. All rights reserved. This material is protected by Copyright and written permission should be obtained from the publisher prior to any prohibited reproduction, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or likewise. For information regarding permission(s), write to: Rights and Permissions Department, Pearson Education, Inc. , Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458.

15. 4 A Much Better Ready_Aim_Fire Program MATLAB for Engineers 3 E, by Holly Moore. © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. , Upper Saddle River, NJ. All rights reserved. This material is protected by Copyright and written permission should be obtained from the publisher prior to any prohibited reproduction, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or likewise. For information regarding permission(s), write to: Rights and Permissions Department, Pearson Education, Inc. , Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458.

The ‘Slider’ Property Inspector MATLAB for Engineers 3 E, by Holly Moore. © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. , Upper Saddle River, NJ. All rights reserved. This material is protected by Copyright and written permission should be obtained from the publisher prior to any prohibited reproduction, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or likewise. For information regarding permission(s), write to: Rights and Permissions Department, Pearson Education, Inc. , Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458.

MATLAB for Engineers 3 E, by Holly Moore. © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. , Upper Saddle River, NJ. All rights reserved. This material is protected by Copyright and written permission should be obtained from the publisher prior to any prohibited reproduction, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or likewise. For information regarding permission(s), write to: Rights and Permissions Department, Pearson Education, Inc. , Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458.

This static textbox is used to create a space for a message from MATLAB for Engineers 3 E, by Holly Moore. © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. , Upper Saddle River, NJ. All rights reserved. This material is protected by Copyright and written permission should be obtained from the publisher prior to any prohibited reproduction, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or likewise. For information regarding permission(s), write to: Rights and Permissions Department, Pearson Education, Inc. , Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458.

Change the tag property to a meaningful name Change the string property to a blank MATLAB for Engineers 3 E, by Holly Moore. © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. , Upper Saddle River, NJ. All rights reserved. This material is protected by Copyright and written permission should be obtained from the publisher prior to any prohibited reproduction, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or likewise. For information regarding permission(s), write to: Rights and Permissions Department, Pearson Education, Inc. , Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458.

MATLAB for Engineers 3 E, by Holly Moore. © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. , Upper Saddle River, NJ. All rights reserved. This material is protected by Copyright and written permission should be obtained from the publisher prior to any prohibited reproduction, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or likewise. For information regarding permission(s), write to: Rights and Permissions Department, Pearson Education, Inc. , Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458.

15. 5 Built-in GUI Templates MATLAB for Engineers 3 E, by Holly Moore. © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. , Upper Saddle River, NJ. All rights reserved. This material is protected by Copyright and written permission should be obtained from the publisher prior to any prohibited reproduction, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or likewise. For information regarding permission(s), write to: Rights and Permissions Department, Pearson Education, Inc. , Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458.

MATLAB for Engineers 3 E, by Holly Moore. © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. , Upper Saddle River, NJ. All rights reserved. This material is protected by Copyright and written permission should be obtained from the publisher prior to any prohibited reproduction, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or likewise. For information regarding permission(s), write to: Rights and Permissions Department, Pearson Education, Inc. , Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458.

MATLAB for Engineers 3 E, by Holly Moore. © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. , Upper Saddle River, NJ. All rights reserved. This material is protected by Copyright and written permission should be obtained from the publisher prior to any prohibited reproduction, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or likewise. For information regarding permission(s), write to: Rights and Permissions Department, Pearson Education, Inc. , Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458.

GUI with Axes and Menu MATLAB for Engineers 3 E, by Holly Moore. © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. , Upper Saddle River, NJ. All rights reserved. This material is protected by Copyright and written permission should be obtained from the publisher prior to any prohibited reproduction, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or likewise. For information regarding permission(s), write to: Rights and Permissions Department, Pearson Education, Inc. , Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458.

This example GUI includes all the graphics objects available from GUIDE MATLAB for Engineers 3 E, by Holly Moore. © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. , Upper Saddle River, NJ. All rights reserved. This material is protected by Copyright and written permission should be obtained from the publisher prior to any prohibited reproduction, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or likewise. For information regarding permission(s), write to: Rights and Permissions Department, Pearson Education, Inc. , Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458.

Summary • The GUIDE editor makes it easy to create graphical user interfaces in MATLAB • To use GUIDE you need a basic understanding of: • Subfunctions • Handle graphics • Structure arrays MATLAB for Engineers 3 E, by Holly Moore. © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. , Upper Saddle River, NJ. All rights reserved. This material is protected by Copyright and written permission should be obtained from the publisher prior to any prohibited reproduction, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or likewise. For information regarding permission(s), write to: Rights and Permissions Department, Pearson Education, Inc. , Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458.

Summary • Graphics objects are positioned on the editor • Properties are modified with the property inspector • M-file is created automatically, but must be modified to add content MATLAB for Engineers 3 E, by Holly Moore. © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. , Upper Saddle River, NJ. All rights reserved. This material is protected by Copyright and written permission should be obtained from the publisher prior to any prohibited reproduction, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or likewise. For information regarding permission(s), write to: Rights and Permissions Department, Pearson Education, Inc. , Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458.

Summary • GUIDE includes three sample templates • Other examples are found in HELP • Demonstration video can also be found in HELP MATLAB for Engineers 3 E, by Holly Moore. © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. , Upper Saddle River, NJ. All rights reserved. This material is protected by Copyright and written permission should be obtained from the publisher prior to any prohibited reproduction, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or likewise. For information regarding permission(s), write to: Rights and Permissions Department, Pearson Education, Inc. , Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458.