using latex formatting with questdlg

Hi all,

I am trying to use make a quick table of previous inputs to display when using questdlg ask a question. I have used the 'tex' interpreter but am struggling to get the formatting just how I want it.

I am currently using this code

    load ./settings/previousInputs.mat

    opts.Interpreter = 'tex';
    opts.Default = 'No';

    inputQst = ['Use previous inputs settings? \newline\newline\it', ...
        'OS:', compType, '\newline' ...
        'Hardware:', hardwareMethod, '\newline', ...
        'Transport:', transMethod, '\newline', ...
        'Release:', release, '\newline'
        ];

    prevInputs = questdlg(inputQst , ...
        'Previous Input Settings', ...
        'Yes', 'No', opts);

but the question box appears as;

and ideally I'd like it to be a bit neater and not have half a line put onto a new line?!

I have tried using \tab etc but nothing seems to work?

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Answer 1

[TED MOSBY]

Hi George,

You can try "uiconfirm" as an alternative for the dialog box for a better text formatting.

Below is a code snippet for your use case:

compType        = 'Windows 10';
hardwareMethod  = 'GPU';
transMethod     = 'vdjavdhajsmvefnafsdna ajsfhedvfnsadvas';
release         = 'R2024b';

msg = sprintf([ ...
    "Use previous input settings?\n\n" + ...
    "OS:        %s\n" + ...
    "Hardware:  %s\n" + ...
    "Transport: %s\n" + ...
    "Release:   %s"   ], ...
    compType, hardwareMethod, transMethod, release);

fig    = uifigure;                  
answer = uiconfirm(fig, msg,'Previous Input Settings', ...
                   'Options',{'Yes','No'}, ...
                   'DefaultOption',2, ...
                   'Interpreter','tex');
delete(fig);

This outputs a dialog box looking like this:

Note that uiconfirm always needs a parent uifigure (that’s why you see the extra window).

https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/uiconfirm.html?s_tid=srchtitle_support_results_1_UICONFIRM

Hope this helps!