How to position and resize the list box window?

Hello everyone,

I have the following code:

list = {...
    
    ['Start the dataimport (with a total of' num2str(height(Datapoint)) 'datapoints']...
    
    ,'rerun the script'...
    
    };

    [indx] = listdlg('SelectionMode','single','ListString',list);
    
    if indx == 1
        %do some stuff
    end
    
    if indx == 2
        %rerun script
    end

where the variable Datapoint represents the amount of datapoints (245256 x 1) double.

I would like to inform the user about the datapoints that were generated through the script. However the window size looks squeezed and therefore hinders the correct reading of the full sentence. How can I:

a.) Resize the list box window. I am familiar with the Position[0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2] command but I have no idea where to implement it correctly

b.) reposition the window freely, not through the commands left right bottom or top

How could I achieve this desired options?

Answer 1

[Mario Malic]

Hi David,

a) ListSize property does what you would like to do. These numbers are actually pixels

listdlg('SelectionMode','single','ListString',list, 'ListSize', [150 300])

If this window is shown in different screen resolutions, consider setting it as relative measure through

 get(groot, 'ScreenSize')

I don't understand your b question.

[David Mrozek]

to b.) I wanted to freely decide where I can position the list box on my screen

[Mario Malic]

As far as I know, I don't think it's possible to place it somewhere else other than middle of your screen.

If you really need it, use uilistbox on a uifigure object.