Is there a way of using uitab for Live Script

Hello, I was wondering if theres a way of producing plots produced in Live Stript within there own window, i.e using uitab?

Answer 1

[Sudarsanan A K]

Hi Matt,

Yes, it is possible to produce plots in MATLAB Live Scripts within their own window using "uitab".

Here's an example code snippet that demonstrates how to achieve this:

% Create a figure
fig = figure('Name', 'Tabbed Plots', 'Position', [100, 100, 800, 600]);

% Create a tab group
tabGroup = uitabgroup(fig);

% Create tabs
tab1 = uitab(tabGroup, 'Title', 'Sine Wave');
tab2 = uitab(tabGroup, 'Title', 'Cosine Wave');

% Switch to tab 1 and create a plot
axes('Parent', tab1);
x = linspace(0, 2*pi, 100);
plot(x, sin(x), '-o', 'Color', [0.5, 0.2, 0.8], 'MarkerFaceColor', [0.5, 0.2, 0.8]);
title('Sine Wave');
xlabel('Time');
ylabel('Amplitude');
grid on

% Switch to tab 2 and create another plot
axes('Parent', tab2);
plot(x, cos(x), '-*', 'LineWidth', 2, 'Color', [0.2, 0.7, 0.3], 'MarkerFaceColor', [0.2, 0.7, 0.3]);
title('Cosine Wave');
xlabel('Time');
ylabel('Amplitude');
grid on

For further information regarding the "uitab" and "uitabgroup" functions and its use-cases, you can refer to the following MathWorks documentation:

• "uitab": https://mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/uitab.html
• "uitabgroup": https://mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/uitabgroup.html

I hope this answers your query!

[Matt]

What if you wanted to plot 2 graphs on the same tab i.e using tiledlayout? Thanks

[Sudarsanan A K]

Hi. If you want to plot multiple graphs on the same tab with any specified layout, you can achive that by using either "tiledlayout" or "subplot" as demostrated below.

Using "tiledlayout":

% Create a figure
fig = uifigure('Name', 'Single Tab Tiled Plots');

% Create a tab group
tabGroup = uitabgroup(fig);

% Create a single tab
tab = uitab(tabGroup, 'Title', 'Combined Plots');

% Create a tiled layout within the tab
tLayout = tiledlayout(tab, 2, 1, 'TileSpacing', 'compact', 'Padding', 'compact');

% Plot the sine wave in the first tile
ax1 = nexttile(tLayout);
x = linspace(0, 2*pi, 100);
plot(ax1, x, sin(x), '-o', 'Color', [0.5, 0.2, 0.8]);
title(ax1, 'Sine Wave');
xlabel(ax1, 'Time');
ylabel(ax1, 'Amplitude');
grid(ax1, 'on');

% Plot the cosine wave in the second tile
ax2 = nexttile(tLayout);
plot(ax2, x, cos(x), '-*', 'LineWidth', 2, 'Color', [0.2, 0.7, 0.3]);
title(ax2, 'Cosine Wave');
xlabel(ax2, 'Time');
ylabel(ax2, 'Amplitude');
grid(ax2, 'on');

% Get the figure's current position and size
figPosition = get(fig, 'Position');

% Set the tab group to fill the entire figure
set(tabGroup, 'Position', [0 0 figPosition(3) figPosition(4)]);

Using "subplot":

% Create a figure
fig = figure('Name', 'Tiled Plots', 'Position', [100, 100, 800, 600]);

% Create a tab group
tabGroup = uitabgroup(fig);

% Create a tab
tab = uitab(tabGroup, 'Title', 'Tiled Plots');

% Create subplots in the tab
subplot(2, 1, 1, 'Parent', tab);
x = linspace(0, 2*pi, 100);
plot(x, sin(x), '-o', 'Color', [0.5, 0.2, 0.8]);
title('Sine Wave');
xlabel('Time');
ylabel('Amplitude');
grid on

subplot(2, 1, 2, 'Parent', tab);
plot(x, cos(x), '-*', 'LineWidth', 2, 'Color', [0.2, 0.7, 0.3]);
title('Cosine Wave');
xlabel('Time');
ylabel('Amplitude');
grid on

For further details of these functions, you can refer to the following MathWorks documentations:

• "tiledlayout": https://mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/tiledlayout.html
• "subplot": https://mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/subplot.html

I hope this helps!