Create a GUI with the UI Designer

Create a graphical user interface with predefined objects from the UI Designer toolkit.

The UI Designer toolkit provides an easy drag-drop method to create graphical user interface designs without manual coding. The intuitive workflow lets you assemble a GUI design with predefined objects, preview and modify the design, then save the design as an OML code skeleton that you can further develop.

From the ribbon, select GUI Utilities > UI Designer

The UI Designer opens in a new window.
Drag objects from the Widget box into the Dialog to create your GUI design.
The following example shows a simple GUI with a list box, slider, radio buttons, push button and labels.
Modify the location, name, and properties of each object as required for your design.
- To adjust location, select the object and move it with the mouse or arrow keys.
- To modify properties, select an object, then modify the desired properties in the Property Editor.
  
  You can also right-click an object and define a number of properties through the context menu.
From the UI Designer ribbon, select the Preview button.

A preview of your graphical user interface design is displayed. Review your design, then close the Preview window.

Save your file to your working directory with the following options:

Save As	Descrption
*.ui	Saves your design as a UI Designer file. Use this file format when you want to continue working on your design through UI Designer.
*.oml	Saves your design as an OpenMatrix Language file. Use this format to generate a code skeleton. Note: Once you save your design as code, you cannot load it back into the UI Designer. If you want to keep a working verision of your design that you can open through the UI Designer, save a version in .ui format before saving as code.

When the design example from above is saved as an .oml file, the following code is produced:

% Auto-generated code by UI Designer

%-----------------------------------
% GUI elements:
%-----------------------------------
DialogRunAnalysis = figure('units', 'pixels', 'position', [0 0 399 310]...
    , 'numbertitle','off', 'name','Dialog');
undock(DialogRunAnalysis);

RadioButton = uicontrol('parent', DialogRunAnalysis, 'style','radiobutton'...
    , 'string','Create Log File'...
    , 'value', 0 ...
    , 'callback','RadioButton_callback', 'interruptible','off'...
    , 'enable','on'...
    , 'units','normalized', 'position',[0.05 0.63 0.36 0.10]...
    , 'fontname','MS Shell Dlg', 'fontangle','regular', 'fontweight','normal', 'fontsize',7.80 ...
    , 'backgroundcolor', [246 246 246]...
    , 'tag','', 'tooltipstring','', 'userdata', [], 'visible','on');

uiPushButton = uicontrol('parent', DialogRunAnalysis, 'style','pushbutton'...
    , 'string','Run'...
    , 'backgroundimage',''...
    , 'callback','uiPushButton_callback', 'interruptible','off'...
    , 'enable','on'...
    , 'units','normalized', 'position',[0.64 0.73 0.26 0.10]...
    , 'fontname','MS Shell Dlg', 'fontangle','regular', 'fontweight','normal', 'fontsize',7.80 ...
    , 'backgroundcolor', [246 246 246]...
    , 'tag','', 'tooltipstring','', 'userdata', [], 'visible','on');

MaterialsList_2 = uicontrol('parent', DialogRunAnalysis, 'style','popupmenu'...
    , 'string', {'Model' }...
    , 'value', 1 ...
    , 'callback','MaterialsList_2_callback', 'interruptible','off'...
    , 'enable','on'...
    , 'units','normalized', 'position',[0.08 0.13 0.31 0.10]...
    , 'fontname','MS Shell Dlg', 'fontangle','regular', 'fontweight','normal', 'fontsize',7.80 ...
    , 'backgroundcolor', [246 246 246]...
    , 'tag','', 'tooltipstring','<html><head/><body><p>Select a model to run.</p></body></html>', 'userdata', [], 'visible','on');

RunMethod = uicontrol('parent', DialogRunAnalysis, 'style','slider'...
    , 'max', 99 , 'min', 0 ...
    , 'value', 0 , 'sliderstep', [1 10]...
    , 'callbackdelay', 0 , 'orient','horizontal'...
    , 'callback','RunMethod_callback', 'interruptible','off'...
    , 'enable','on'...
    , 'units','normalized', 'position',[0.21 0.40 0.52 0.07]...
    , 'backgroundcolor', [246 246 246]...
    , 'tag','', 'tooltipstring','', 'userdata', [], 'visible','on');

Label = uicontrol('parent', DialogRunAnalysis, 'style','text'...
    , 'string','Fast'...
    , 'callback','Label_callback', 'interruptible','off'...
    , 'enable','on'...
    , 'units','normalized', 'position',[0.08 0.40 0.11 0.10]...
    , 'fontname','MS Shell Dlg', 'fontangle','regular', 'fontweight','normal', 'fontsize',7.80 ...
    , 'backgroundcolor', [246 246 246]...
    , 'tag','', 'tooltipstring','', 'userdata', [], 'visible','on');

Label_2 = uicontrol('parent', DialogRunAnalysis, 'style','text'...
    , 'string','Detailed'...
    , 'callback','Label_2_callback', 'interruptible','off'...
    , 'enable','on'...
    , 'units','normalized', 'position',[0.77 0.40 0.26 0.10]...
    , 'fontname','MS Shell Dlg', 'fontangle','regular', 'fontweight','normal', 'fontsize',7.80 ...
    , 'backgroundcolor', [246 246 246]...
    , 'tag','', 'tooltipstring','', 'userdata', [], 'visible','on');


%-----------------------------------
% Callback functions:
%-----------------------------------
function RadioButton_callback(handle, callstate)
  % Add callback implementation: [RadioButton]
end

function RadioButton_2_callback(handle, callstate)
  % Add callback implementation: [RadioButton_2]
end

function uiPushButton_callback(handle, callstate)
  % Add callback implementation: [uiPushButton]
end

function MaterialsList_2_callback(handle, callstate)
  % Add callback implementation: [MaterialsList_2]
end

function RunMethod_callback(handle, callstate)
  % Add callback implementation: [RunMethod]
end

function Label_callback(handle, callstate)
  % Add callback implementation: [Label]
end

function Label_2_callback(handle, callstate)
  % Add callback implementation: [Label_2]
end

Return to the Compose window and load the .oml file with your design.
Run the file.
The software produces a GUI based on the code file you saved through the UI Designer.