Setting the GUI window always at center

Hi

I am trouble with setting my GUI window at the center of the computer screen whenever i click on the 'run' button to start the program. May I know is there a easy way to preset it in the OpeningFcn of the code?

Answer 1

[Sean de Wolski]

doc movegui

And:

movegui(gcf,'center')

[William]

wow thanks a lot!

[Image Analyst]

Sean, can you get that to work with menu()? menu() always shows up in the upper left corner of the screen instead of the middle. I guess it doesn't work because it doesn't run movegui() until menu() is done.

menu('hi', '1', '2', '3');
movegui(gcf,'center') % doesn't work.

How do you center menu()?

[Sean de Wolski]

@IA, the problem with menu() is line 228 and line 268. Line 228 specifies the position and line 268 force command execution to stop until you select something.

I would suggest writing your own class or function that does the same thing as menu without the positioning.

And of course you can always submit an enhancement request :)

[JZH]

hey Sean, I got the following error, and it seems like movegui doesn't support GUI designed in app designer?

movegui(app.ELD_GUI, 'center') Error using matlab.ui.Figure/set Functionality not supported with figures created with the uifigure function. For more information, see Graphics Support in App Designer. Error in movegui (line 278) set(fig, 'OuterPosition', newpos);

[Jessa Juarez]

Hi @JZH, I used movegui(app.UIFigure, 'center') and it worked for app designer.