When self made wait bar updates, it is bringing MATLAB to the front screen

Hello,

I have a GUI that when a button is pressed, data is acquired through a seperate function.

I am using the following code to update a rectangle on the screen to show the percent that a test is completed. However, MATLAB comes to the front of the screens when every this rectangle is updated. I don't want that as it is going to be distracting to the user if they are trying to do something else. How can I make it so that it updates the rectangle but doesn't bring MATLAB to the top screen? The code below shows the rectangle. Thanks!

rectangle('Position',[0,0,(round(1000*k/n))+1,20],'FaceColor','r'); 
num = round(((k*100)/n),2);
text(480,10,[num2str(num),'%']);
drawnow;

[Walter Roberson]

I suspect you have some axes selection code before that which is the real reason that the window gains focus.

[Geoff Hayes]

Sarah - are you creating a new rectangle each time that you want to update the progress? Perhaps try just update the existing one (if possible...not sure if the handle to the rectangle will give you the ability to do this).

[Sarah Crimi]

https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/441306-when-self-made-wait-bar-updates-it-is-bringing-matlab-to-the-front-screen#comment_663851

Hello,

It is correct that I am using the axes command, but when I take it out of the loop, then it draws the rectangle in a seperate window, and I want it drawn in my GUI. I am attaching the script

[Walter Roberson]

Please read https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/22208-show-figure#comment_48401