wrap text inside a pushbutton

Naresh Pai

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Dec 29, 2009, 6:42:04 PM12/29/09

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Is there a way to set uicontrol properties such that the text inside a pushbutton will wrap itself?

The alternative would be to use static text on the pushbutton.

Steven Lord

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Jan 4, 2010, 10:01:04 AM1/4/10

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"Naresh Pai" <np...@uark.edu> wrote in message
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> Is there a way to set uicontrol properties such that the text inside a
> pushbutton will wrap itself?
> The alternative would be to use static text on the pushbutton.

No, but in the callback where you set the String property of the button you
can use TEXTWRAP:

http://www.mathworks.com/access/helpdesk/help/techdoc/ref/textwrap.html

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Naresh Pai

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Jan 4, 2010, 12:55:08 PM1/4/10

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"Steven Lord" <sl...@mathworks.com> wrote in message <hhsvrb$8fq$1...@fred.mathworks.com>...

I tried using textwrap as follows:

% Intialize a figure
hf = figure('Name','GUI');

% Define a uicontrol button
Btn_temp = uicontrol(...
'Parent',hf,...
'Units','normalized',...
'Position',[0.7,.15,.2,.1],...
'Style','pushbutton');

% Define a string for button
string = {'ABC DEF',...
'GHI JKL'};

% wrap string for uicontrol button
[outstring,newpos] = textwrap(Btn_temp,string);

% apply the string to the uicontrol button
set(Btn_temp,'String',outstring,'Position',newpos);

%The button string does not get the second line i.e. GHI JKL

Matt Fig

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Jan 4, 2010, 1:35:06 PM1/4/10

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From the documentation:

"For uicontrol objects that display only one line
of text (check box, push button, radio button, toggle button),
if the string value is specified as a cell array of strings or padded string
matrix, only the first string of a cell array or of a padded string matrix
is displayed; the rest are ignored. Vertical slash ('|') characters are not
interpreted as line breaks and instead show up in the text displayed in the
uicontrol."

You might be able to do something with the underlying JAVA. Putting a textbox over the top of the pushbutton introduces problems as well, because clicking on the string will not trigger the pushbutton's callback.

We will bring the JAVA man to this thread:

Calling Yair Altman!

Doug Schwarz

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Jan 4, 2010, 2:05:00 PM1/4/10

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Indeed, I would be interested in a Java way to do this, but in the
meantime my uibutton is available:

<http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/10743-uibutton-gui-pushbuttons-with-better-labels>

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Naresh Pai

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Jan 4, 2010, 2:42:05 PM1/4/10

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Doug Schwarz <s...@sig.for.address.edu> wrote in message <wZq0n.14168$DY5....@newsfe08.iad>...

Thanks Doug! That works perfect for now. Here is the updated code (after downloading uibutton), if someone is interested:

% Intialize a figure
hf = figure('Name','GUI');

% Define a string for button

string = {'ABC DEF',...
'GHI JKL'};

% Define a uicontrol button
Btn_temp = uibutton(...

'Parent',hf,...
'Units','normalized',...
'Position',[0.7,.15,.2,.1],...

'Style','pushbutton',...
'String',string);

--Naresh

Yair Altman

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Jan 5, 2010, 3:41:05 AM1/5/10

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"Matt Fig" <spam...@yahoo.com> wrote in message <hhtccq$7o1$1...@fred.mathworks.com>...

Simply use HTML formatting:
set(Btn_temp, 'String', '<html>ABC DEF<br>GHI JKL');

More information:
http://undocumentedmatlab.com/blog/html-support-in-matlab-uicomponents/

Yair Altman
http://UndocumentedMatlab.com

Anvt

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"Yair Altman" <altma...@gmailDEL.comDEL> wrote in message <hhutv1$h8g$1...@fred.mathworks.com>...

Thank you!
Helped me, works in GUIDE also.

Great fan of your work Sir! Thanks again