How can I programmatically close a Tab in Live Editor?

I want to open a file in the Live Editor to execute its contents and then close it to avoid having too many Tabs open. The command open works fine but close('nameOfFile') does not work.

Answer 1

[Jacky Tsai]

Hi Otto, you can take a look at this thread: https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/507998-how-do-i-close-all-open-scripts-in-the-editor-window. Essentially this boils down to the use of MATLAB Editor API:

doc matlab.desktop.editor

[Otto Liljansalo]

Thank you for the clue. However that kind of coding does not seem to recognize .mlx files that are open and thus won´t close them on command. Is this a question for future Matlab releases (I guess that Live Editor is quite new)?

[Jacky Tsai]

Thanks for the note. What MATLAB version are you using?

[Otto Liljansalo]

R2019b.

[Jacky Tsai]

Hi @Otto Liljansalo, thanks for the response! Please consider upgrading to R2020a (or later), where the support of live scripts using MATLAB Editor API has been introduced.

[Otto Liljansalo]

Ok, thank you for your help in this matter! /Otto