GUI design - panel tab with overlapping panels

I want to display a single panel when a tab is clicked, for this i used

set(handles.uipanel9,'Visible','Off')
set(handles.uipanel8,'Visible','On')

but when the buttons/tabs are clicked only the first uipanel is displayed and after that only that panel is displaying. If i click another button all the panels are not displayed(invisible). I found info saying that this happens because the panels are not parented to figure.

panel_handles1 = findobj(handles.figure1,'type','uipane9')
set( panel_handles1, 'parent', handles.figure1)

I used above code to fix it but it did not work. Any helpful ideas/links

Thanks

[Milindu]

This has happen because when i create a panel on top of a panel it takes first panel as its parent (I don't know the reason why)... but when i make panels parenting to the figure1/gui...it works...Can see how panels arranges using Object Browser.

Answer 1

[Jay]

Hello Milindu,

I have the same problem here. Thanks for making me notice that also my second panel gets a child of the first panel and hence is not displayed even though I set its Visible-Property to "on".

How can I change the parenting off the panel in guide though?

Answer 2

[Walter Roberson]

Your line

panel_handles1 = findobj(handles.figure1,'type','uipane9')

needs to be changed to

panel_handles1 = findobj(0,'type','uipanel');

[Jay]

and if you are designing your GUI in GUIDE you won't have such a line - how can the problem be solved in that case?

[Arthur]

In GUIDE, if you use the mouse to move the 2nd panel over the first, a dark edge appears at the first panel. This indicates that the first panel becomes the parent. Instead, you can first create the 2nd panel next to the first, and then use the arrow keys (or 'align objects') to move it over the first. This way your figure window will remain parent of the 2nd panel.

[Jay]

thanks Arthur, managed it with your help :)

[Walter Roberson]

miro tane comments to Arthur:

thanks, helped a lot