fixfocus
fixfocus provides a workaround for an annoying, long-standing MATLAB user interface bug that occurs when a selection dialog box is opened in presence of an app/uifigure
window that has focus.
Since at least R2016b, MATLAB does not move the selection dialog box into focus when an app or uifigure
window is present and has focus. Instead, the selection dialog box appears behind the app or uifigure
window:
fixfocus
provides a workaround that automatically brings the selection dialog box into focus.
When the the selection dialog box is closed by the user, fixfocus
then returns the focus to the app/uifigure
window -- thus fixing a second user interface bug that persists to this day in MATLAB.
Sandwich the call to the selection dialog box (e.g., a call to uigetfile
) between the following two lines:
ff = fixfocus;
% 'uigetfile', 'uitputfile', 'uigetdir', 'uiopen', or 'uisave' command
delete(ff);
This works with uigetfile
, uitputfile
, uigetdir
, uiopen
, and uisave
calls.
Internally, fixfocus
creates a temporary dummy figure
that takes the focus away from the app/uifigure
window. This allows the selection dialog box to move into focus when called.
To be as unobtrusive as possible, the dummy figure
consists of just the title bar (zero height), perfectly superimposed on top of the title bar of the app/uifigure
window:
This "title bar figure
" only appears briefly.
As an option, fixfocus
can be called with a text argument (such as 'Just a second...'
). This text is then displayed in the title bar instead of the app/uifigure
title, which is the default.
Note
Other potential workarounds, such as moving the dummy figure off the screen, making it invisible from the start, shrinking it to zero width and height, etc., are unfortunately not working as expected. Also, there is currently no official workaround from The MathWorks regarding these bugs.
Important
Unlike uifigure
windows, figure
windows do not adjust to dark mode. Therefore, the temporary dummy figure
is much more noticeable in dark mode. (The title bar color of a figure
cannot be set in MATLAB.)
fixfocus
was inspired by this discussion in the MATLAB Answers forum.
인용 양식
Jorg Woehl (2024). fixfocus (https://github.com/JorgWoehl/fixfocus/releases/tag/v1.2), GitHub. 검색됨 .
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1.2 | See release notes for this release on GitHub: https://github.com/JorgWoehl/fixfocus/releases/tag/v1.2 |
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1.0.1 | See release notes for this release on GitHub: https://github.com/JorgWoehl/fixfocus/releases/tag/v1.0.1 |
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