Customizable Blocks
Design dashboard blocks for your model that look like controls and displays in your real system.
You can use dashboard blocks to build an intuitive and interactive interface for your model. The control blocks, such as the Knob block, connect to variables or tunable parameters in your model and allow you to interactively modify the value of the connected element during simulation. The display blocks connect to signals in the model and display the signal value during simulation. For more information, see Control Simulations with Interactive Dashboards.
Blocks
| Callback Button | Execute MATLAB code using button with customizable appearance (Since R2021b) |
| Check Box | Change parameter or variable value during simulation using check box with customizable appearance (Since R2024b) |
| Circular Gauge | Display signal value during simulation on circular gauge with customizable appearance (Since R2020b) |
| Combo Box | Change parameter or variable value during simulation using combo box with customizable appearance (Since R2025a) |
| Display | Display signal value during simulation with customizable appearance (Since R2023b) |
| Half Gauge | Display signal value during simulation on gauge shaped as half-circle with customizable appearance (Since R2024a) |
| Horizontal Gauge | Display signal value during simulation on horizontal gauge with customizable appearance |
| Horizontal Slider | Change parameter or variable value using horizontal slider with customizable appearance (Since R2021a) |
| Knob | Change parameter or variable value using knob with customizable appearance (Since R2021a) |
| Lamp | Display color that reflects signal value on lamp with customizable appearance (Since R2021b) |
| Push Button | Change parameter or variable value using button with customizable appearance (Since R2021b) |
| Quarter Gauge | Display signal value during simulation on gauge shaped as quarter-circle with customizable appearance (Since R2024a) |
| Radio Button | Change parameter or variable value during simulation using radio button with customizable appearance (Since R2025a) |
| Rocker Switch | Change parameter or variable value using switch with customizable appearance (Since R2021b) |
| Rotary Switch | Change parameter or variable value using rotary switch with customizable appearance (Since R2021b) |
| Slider Switch | Change parameter or variable value using switch with customizable appearance (Since R2021b) |
| Toggle Switch | Change parameter or variable value using switch with customizable appearance (Since R2021b) |
| Vertical Gauge | Display signal value during simulation on vertical gauge with customizable appearance |
| Vertical Slider | Change parameter or variable value using vertical slider with customizable appearance (Since R2021a) |
Related Information
Featured Examples
Design Custom Gauges
Design gauges using the Circular Gauge, Horizontal Gauge, and Vertical Gauge blocks.
Design Custom Knobs
Design knobs using the customizable Knob block.
Design Custom Lamps
Design lamps using the customizable Lamp block.
Design Custom Rocker, Slider, and Toggle Switches
Design switches using the customizable Rocker Switch, Slider Switch, and Toggle Switch blocks.
Design Custom Buttons
Design buttons using the customizable Callback Button and Push Button blocks.
Design Custom Rotary Switches
Design rotary switches using the customizable Rotary Switch block.
Design Custom Sliders
Design slider switches using the customizable Slider Switch block.
