How do I put a uitable in a tiledlayout?

Hello,

I'm trying to graph some data in a particular way. I need to make the same 4 plots over a variable number of iterations of data and put them all into one fixed-size figure. I need one of these 4 plots to be a table displaying some info about the data. I tried using uitable, but it errors when you try to pass it a tiled layout as it's parent. I could put the figure handle as the parent, but that seems difficult to position and size correctly.

How can I accomplish what I'm trying to do? Is there an alternative to uitable I could use?

Here is my example code and output:

%variable number of data files to plot; could be 4,8, or 15
thingsToPlot=8; 

%creates square for tiles depending on # of files; 2x for double wide plots
n=2*ceil(sqrt(thingsToPlot)); 

%Parent Figure; Size must stay the same to allow exporting to ppt to be consistent
fig = figure('Name','Example','NumberTitle','off','units','inches','Position',[4 2 10 6.4]);

%Tiled layout parent container, child of fig
TL=tiledlayout(fig,n,n,'TileSpacing','tight');

for i=1:thingsToPlot
    %Child container; Need to plot a 2x2 tile for each file and it in parent container   
    tl=tiledlayout(TL,2,2,'Padding','tight','TileSpacing','tight');
    tl.Title.String=['Iteration ' num2str(i)];
    
    %double wide tiles so they're more visible;
    tl.Layout.TileSpan=[2 2];
    
    %Positioning math to make the 2x2 tiles fit and sequence correctly
    pos=2*i-1;
    tl.Layout.Tile=pos+n*floor(pos/n);
    
    %example data
    data=rand(3,5);
    
    nexttile(tl)
    plot(data(1,:))
    
    nexttile(tl)
    plot(data(2,:))
    
    nexttile(tl)
    plot(data(3,:))
    
    nexttile(tl)
    tab=table();
    tab.A=data(1,:);
    tab.B=data(2,:);
    tab.C=data(3,:);
    %want to put a table here
    %  uit=uitable(tl,tab);
end

Answer 1

[Catalytic]

Must it be a table that the user can modify interactively? If not, then you could use the attached non-UI version of uitable (courtesy of ChatGPT).

%variable number of data files to plot; could be 4,8, or 15
thingsToPlot=8; 

%creates square for tiles depending on # of files; 2x for double wide plots
n=2*ceil(sqrt(thingsToPlot)); 

%Parent Figure; Size must stay the same to allow exporting to ppt to be consistent
fig = figure('Name','Example','NumberTitle','off','units','inches','Position',[4 2 10 6.4]);

%Tiled layout parent container, child of fig
TL=tiledlayout(fig,n,n,'TileSpacing','tight');

for i=1:thingsToPlot
    %Child container; Need to plot a 2x2 tile for each file and it in parent container   
    tl=tiledlayout(TL,2,2,'Padding','tight','TileSpacing','tight');
    tl.Title.String=['Iteration ' num2str(i)];
    
    %double wide tiles so they're more visible;
    tl.Layout.TileSpan=[2 2];
    
    %Positioning math to make the 2x2 tiles fit and sequence correctly
    pos=2*i-1;
    tl.Layout.Tile=pos+n*floor(pos/n);
    
    %example data
    data=rand(3,5);
    
    nexttile(tl)
    plot(data(1,:))
    
    nexttile(tl)
    plot(data(2,:))
    
    nexttile(tl)
    plot(data(3,:))
    
    ax=nexttile(tl);
    
    axisTable(ax, data',{'A','B','C'})

end

[Ben]

Tried this, but the text is impossible to read.

[Catalytic]

You need to enlarge the figure, and customize the font.

[Ben]

I can't change the dimensions of the figure because it needs to be exported to a powerpoint.

I was able to get somewhere by changing the decimal format and messing with the axis positions, so now it's legible.

[Matt J]

@Ben you should Accept-click Catalytic's answer if you managed to get it working for you.

Answer 2

[Matt J]

If you are going to be inserting uitables, it would be advisable to use UI graphics elements everywhere else too,

fig=uifigure;

G=uigridlayout(fig,[3,3]);

k=0;
for i=1:8

    p=uipanel(G,'Title',"Iteration "+i);
    g=uigridlayout(p,[2,2]);
    for j=1:3
        k=k+1;
        ax(k) = uiaxes(g);
    end

    uitable(g,'Data',rand(3,3));

end

for i=1:numel(ax)
 plot(ax(i),rand(1,5));
end

[Ben]

I don't really like the look of these uifigures. Can I put ui tables in nested layouts, Matt?

[Matt J]

No, but you can set the uipanel properties so that the figure looks more like a conventional tildedlayout, e.g.,

    p=uipanel(G,'Title',"Iteration "+i,...
                'TitlePosition','centertop','FontSize',16,'BorderWidth',0);