ginput on tiled layout in app designer

Hi there,

I'm trying to get ginput to work on a tiled chart layout in matlab's app designer. I tried to follow the advice from the links below, but I keep just getting a separate figure pop up outside of the app. I am using r2020b.

https://au.mathworks.com/help/matlab/creating_guis/graphics-support-in-app-designer.html

https://au.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/392617-how-can-i-use-ginput-in-app-designer

An example exerpt of the code that I have tried to use. app.ax1 corresponds to the top plot, and app.ax2 to the bottom. Both are contained within app.tiledlayout1. Ideally I would like to be able to use ginput on either plot (anywhere within app.tiledlayout1):

plot(app.ax1,app.braMarkerDataFiltered(:,15))
ylabel(app.ax1,'Z','FontWeight',"bold");
title(app.ax1,'STERNUM MARKER',"FontSize",10);
plot(app.ax2,app.braMarkerDataFiltered(:,42))
ylabel(app.ax2,'Z','FontWeight',"bold");
title(app.ax2,'HEEL MARKER',"FontSize",10);
app.tiledlayout1.HandleVisibility = 'on';
ginput;
app.tiledlayout1.HandleVisibility = 'off';

Any help would be much appreciated!

Answer 1

[Voss]

Try setting the HandleVisibility of the uifigure (not the tiledlayout), e.g.:

app.UIFigure.HandleVisibility = 'on';
set(0,'CurrentFigure',app.UIFigure); % one of the links has this and one doesn't 
ginput;
app.UIFigure.HandleVisibility = 'off';

[LukeJes]

Thanks for that!

[Voss]

You're welcome!