menu position and size

how to make set position and zise of a menu

e.g.:

choice = menu('Choose a color','Red','Blue','Green')

i want make this:

set('position',[ 100 100 100 100]) set('size', etc)

this commands are ivalids for function 'menu'

thanks adv

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

The code for menu() determines the position and size automatically, taking in to account the size required in order to fit the text and the buttons.

The only thing you can change is

get(0,'DefaultUicontrolFontsize')
ans =
    10

to provide a larger font size (which would result in the text being larger, thus affecting the window size.)

If you need finer control, then menu() is not the appropriate tool for the task. menu() is designed for simplicity of user interface.

[Artur M. G. Lourenço]

otherwise you could indicate another function more accurate?

[Walter Roberson]

You can use figure() and uicontrol() and make all the positioning and sizing adjustments you like. menu() only uses documented interfaces. You can read the source code,

type menu

to see how it works.

You may wish to consider using uicontrol('Style','list')

[Walter Roberson]

To say explicitly: the various *dlg routines such as inputdlg() are also NOT designed for user control of the size or position; they are fairly similar to menu() in internal code design.

[Alexei]

Is it also impossible to put special characters into the menu choices? For instance I typed '1\omega' as one of the choices, and it just displayed 1\omega instead of what I wanted -- 1 followed by the Greek character. Or am I doing something wrong? This syntax works when inputting a label on a figure, for instance.

[per isakson]

See Customizing menu items part 1 and part 2 at Undocumented Matlab