How to locate the data in the middle of the column- uitable?

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ori
ori on 21 Sep 2015
Commented: mehdi amini on 2 Jun 2023
Im trying to make a table by using uitable. How can I put the data in the middle of the column instead of the matlab defult- in the right? thanks
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Jan
Jan on 21 Sep 2015
What does "put" mean here? Do you mean the initial position of the cursor or do you define the "Data" property of the uitable?

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Jasmine Poppick
Jasmine Poppick on 17 Mar 2023
Starting in R2019b, you can specify table text alignment using addStyle. Create a style object with a specified HorizontalAlignment value using uistyle. You can then add the style to the whole table, or to specific rows, columns, or cells.
For example:
fig = uifigure;
t = uitable(fig,"Data",magic(3));
s = uistyle("HorizontalAlignment","center");
addStyle(t,s)
Walter Roberson
Walter Roberson on 21 Sep 2015
You have to convert those entries to strings. Then see http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/2928-how-do-you-align-numbers-within-a-column-in-uitable#answer_4498
and remember to set a monospaced font.
See also http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/8613-how-to-align-text-in-a-table-cell#answer_12108
uitable supports HTML, but it is not easy to get it to center items. Supposing you have a cell array of strings STRINGS, then:
numpixels = 50;
cells_for_table = strcat(sprintf('<html><tr align=center><td width=%d>', numpixels), STRINGS(:));
set(handles.uitable1, 'Data', cells_for_table);

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