sort properties alphabetically in variable preview not working
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Hello
As I preview for example ListBox handle and I try to sort properties by name then displayed order is bizarre. Or do I do something wrong or misunderstand something?
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Christopher Deng
on 29 Jun 2023
Well, nearly none of the users I know want this kind of list. Why cant we have an alphabetically sorted property names?
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Matt J
on 21 Apr 2023
Edited: Matt J
on 21 Apr 2023
You cannot change the order in which properties are displayed in the variable editor (other than to reverse it). If you want an alphabetized list of the properties, however, you can generate one at the command line.
>> string(sort(properties(lb)))
ans =
29×1 string array
"BackgroundColor"
"BeingDeleted"
"BusyAction"
"ContextMenu"
"CreateFcn"
"DeleteFcn"
"Enable"
"FontAngle"
"FontColor"
"FontName"
"FontSize"
"FontWeight"
"HandleVisibility"
"InnerPosition"
"Interruptible"
"Items"
"ItemsData"
"Layout"
"Multiselect"
"OuterPosition"
"Parent"
"Position"
"Tag"
"Tooltip"
"Type"
"UserData"
"Value"
"ValueChangedFcn"
"Visible"
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Jordan B
on 21 Apr 2023
It's a little rediculous that you have to do this. They should just make the sort button actually work properly.
Matt J
on 21 Apr 2023
Edited: Matt J
on 21 Apr 2023
It cannot work the way you might be used to from Windows Explorer because the sort button in Windows Explorer only has 2 states: forward and reverse alphabetical order. There are users, however, who sometimes want the order you currently see, the order in which the properties are defined in the ListBox class definition, which is a 3rd and 4th state altogether.
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