uiextras.VBox

2.2: uiextras.VBox

Arrange elements vertically in a single column

obj = uiextras.VBox( ): creates a new vertical box layout with all properties set to defaults. The output is a new layout object that can be used as the parent for other user-interface components.
obj = uiextras.VBox( prop, value, ... ): also sets one or more property values.

uiextras.VBox 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).
`DeleteFcn`	`function_handle`	Function to call when the layout is being deleted
`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.
`MinimumSizes`	double vector	The minimum size in pixels for each of the child elements. The size of this vector must always match the number of elements (children).
`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.
`Sizes`	double vector	The size of each of the child elements. Positive entries indicate fixed sizes in pixels, negative values indicate relative weights for resizing. The size of this vector must always match the number of elements (children).
`Spacing`	positive integer	Number of pixels of extra space to leave between elements in the layout.
`Tag`	string	A string that can be used to identify this object later.
`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.

For example:

f = figure();
b = uiextras.VBox( 'Parent', f );
uicontrol( 'Parent', b, 'Background', 'r' )
uicontrol( 'Parent', b, 'Background', 'b' )
uicontrol( 'Parent', b, 'Background', 'g' )
set( b, 'Sizes', [-1 100 -2], 'Spacing', 5 );

f = figure();
b1 = uiextras.VBox( 'Parent', f );
uicontrol( 'Parent', b1, 'Background', 'r' )
b2 = uiextras.HBox( 'Parent', b1, 'Padding', 5, 'Spacing', 5 );
uicontrol( 'Parent', b2, 'String', 'Button1' )
uicontrol( 'Parent', b2, 'String', 'Button2' )
set( b1, 'Sizes', [30 -1] );

See also:

uiextras.HBox - for creating a horizontal arrangement
uiextras.VBoxFlex - for creating a vertical arrangement with draggable dividers