uiextras.BoxPanel

1.3: uiextras.BoxPanel

Arrange a single element in a panel with boxed title

obj = uiextras.BoxPanel( ): creates a box-styled panel object with automatic management of the contained widget or layout. The properties available are largely the same as the builtin UIPANEL object. Where more than one child is added, the currently visible child is determined using the SelectedChild property.
obj = uiextras.BoxPanel( prop, value, ... ): also sets one or more property values.

uiextras.BoxPanel properties

Property	Value	Description
`BackgroundColor`	`colorspec`	The color to use for exposed areas of the layout background. This can be an RGB triple (e.g. [0 0 1]) or a colour name (e.g. 'b').
`BeingDeleted`	[ on \| off ]	is the object in the process of being deleted.
`Children`	handle array	List of child objects within this layout (note that this can only be set to permutations of itself).
`CloseRequestFcn`	`function_handle`	Function to call when the panel close icon is clicked. Note that if empty, no close button is shown.
`DeleteFcn`	`function_handle`	Function to call when the layout is being deleted
`DockFcn`	function handle	Function to call when panel is docked or undocked. Note that if empty, no dock button is shown. See advanced manoeuvres with panels for details.
`Enable`	[ on \| off ]	Is interaction with this layout enabled? Note that changing the enable property will cause all children contained to also be enabled/disabled, however since they can be individually re-enabled the state of this property does not reflect the state of the children. See the enable example for more details.
`FontAngle`	[ normal \| italic \| oblique ]	Title font angle.
`FontName`	string	Title font name (e.g. Arial, Helvetica etc).
`FontSize`	positive integer	Title font size.
`FontUnits`	[ inches \| centimeters \| normalized \| points \| pixels ]	Title font units for measuring size.
`FontWeight`	[ light \| normal \| demi \| bold ]	Title font weight.
`ForegroundColor`	`colorspec`	Title font color and/or color of 2-D border line.
`HelpFcn`	function handle	Function to call when the help icon is clicked. Note that if empty, no help button is shown. See advanced manoeuvres with panels for details.
`HighlightColor`	`colorspec`	3-D frame highlight color.
`IsDocked`	logical	Is this panel in a docked state. See advanced manoeuvres with panels for details.
`IsMinimized`	logical	Is this panel in a minimized state. See advanced manoeuvres with panels for details.
`MinimizeFcn`	function handle	Function to call when panel is minimized or maximized. Note that if empty, no minimize button is shown. See advanced manoeuvres with panels for details.
`Padding`	positive integer	Number of pixels of extra space around the outside of the layout.
`Parent`	handle	The handle of the parent figure or container.
`Position`	[x y w h]	The position (x,y) and size (w,h) of the layout.
`SelectedChild`	positive integer or empty	Which child is visible.
`ShadowColor`	`colorspec`	3-D frame shadow color.
`Tag`	string	A string that can be used to identify this object later.
`Title`	string	Title string.
`TitleColor`	`colorspec`	color for the title bar background.
`Type`	string	the object type (class).
`Units`	[ inches \| centimeters \| normalized \| points \| pixels \| characters ]	The units of measurement for position the layout within its parent.
`Visible`	[ on \| off ]	Is the object visible on screen. See the visible example for more details.

For example:

f = figure();
p = uiextras.BoxPanel( 'Parent', f, 'Title', 'A BoxPanel', 'Padding', 5 );
uicontrol( 'Parent', p, 'Background', 'r' )

f = figure();
p = uiextras.BoxPanel( 'Parent', f, 'Title', 'A BoxPanel', 'Padding', 5 );
b = uiextras.HBox( 'Parent', p, 'Spacing', 5, 'Padding', 5  );
uicontrol( 'Style', 'listbox', 'Parent', b, 'String', {'Item 1','Item 2'} );
uicontrol( 'Parent', b, 'Background', 'b' );
set( b, 'Sizes', [100 -1] );
p.FontSize = 12;
p.FontWeight = 'bold';
p.HelpFcn = @(x,y) disp('Help me!');

See also:

uiextras.Panel - for creating a more standard panel
uiextras.TabPanel - for a panel with tabs for selecting the visible child
uiextras.HBox - for creating a horizontal arrangement within a panel