Creating a dropdown menu in MATLAB

A Dropdown menu is a UI component that helps users to select one of the given options or type as text. Matlab provides a function named uidropdown to create an instance of the dropdown menu.

The three ways one can create a dropdown menu is as follows:

  • dropdownObject = uidropdown; (without any parameters)
  • dropdownObject = uidropdown(parent);
  • dropdownObject = uidropdown(parent, NameOfProperty, Value …);

How to create a dropdown menu in MATLAB

In this article, we will learn about the dropDown menu component, how to create it and what are its important properties. Then we will create a simple Matlab Gui application.

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Creating a dropdown menu in MATLAB

A Dropdown menu is a UI component that helps users to select one of the given options or type as text. Matlab provides a function named uidropdown to create an instance of the dropdown menu....

Properties

Some important properties of this UI component are as follows:...

uidropdown()

This function does not require any parameter but as every component must be inside a parent window, Matlab creates a figure and assigns the component to it....

uidropdown(parent)

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uidropdown(parent, NameOfProperty, Value …)

The method uidropdown also accepts an optional parent window to hold the component....

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