[uitable] Insert a table as a subplot

I am trying to insert an 8x8 table next to an existing plot. Although both of them appear in the same figure(4), the table cannot be moved or edited, therefore I cannot illustrate the results as I want to.

The code I use is provided below:

f=figure(4)
% create the data
d = od_table;

% Create the column and row names in cell arrays 
cnames = {'1','2','3','4','5','6','7','8'};
rnames = {'1','2','3','4','5','6','7','8'};

% Create the uitable
t = uitable(f,'Data',d,...
            'ColumnName',cnames,... 
            'RowName',rnames,...
            'ColumnWidth',{30})

The ideal solution for me would the table to be able to be moved around the figure with fixed size, titles etc. As a 'movable legend'.

Answer 1

[Joseph Cheng]

I'm not entirely sure what you are describing as the ideal solution. Are you asking for a click and drag ability to dynamically move and resize items? I can't think of something right off the bat for how to accomplish that but if you want to move and resize the uitable you can do something like this

f=figure(4)
% create the data

% Create the column and row names in cell arrays 
cnames = {'1','2','3','4','5','6','7','8'};
rnames = {'1','2','3','4','5','6','7','8'};

% Create the uitable
t = uitable(f,'Data',rand(8),...
            'ColumnName',cnames,... 
            'RowName',rnames,...
            'ColumnWidth',{30})
subplot(2,1,1),plot(3)
pos = get(subplot(2,1,2),'position');

delete(subplot(2,1,2))
set(t,'units','normalized')
set(t,'position',pos)

Where i get and set the uitable to fit inside subplot(2,1,2) position.

[Emmanouil Barmpounakis]

Yes, Joseph I would like a click and drag ability as you describe in your reply.

If this is not possible, I would be OK if I could give a title to this table and also a name to columns and rows (like the title,xlabel and ylabel properties for a figure).

Thank you for your time.

[Joseph Cheng]

well not the cleanest way but

f=figure(4)
% create the data

% Create the column and row names in cell arrays 
cnames = {'1','2','3','4','5','6','7','8'};
rnames = {'1','2','3','4','5','6','7','8'};

% Create the uitable
t = uitable(f,'Data',rand(8),...
            'ColumnName',cnames,... 
            'RowName',rnames,...
            'ColumnWidth',{30})
subplot(2,1,1),plot(3)
pos = get(subplot(2,1,2),'position');
title('table')
xlabel('xlabel')
ylabel('ylabel')
set(subplot(2,1,2),'yTick',[])
set(subplot(2,1,2),'xTick',[])

set(t,'units','normalized')
set(t,'position',pos)
set(t,'ColumnName',{'a','b','c','d','e','f','g','h'})
set(t,'RowName',{'aa','bb','cc','dd','ee','ff','gg','hh'})

Answer 2

[Adam]

There is a ColumnEditable property that is set to be off for all columns by default. You need to set it to a logical vector with an element per column to get editable columns.

In terms of moving it around I'm not really sure what you mean. In the 'arrow' mode on a figure ( 'Edit plot' as the tooltip says ) you can drag a table around just like you can other components if you select it.

[Emmanouil Barmpounakis]

Thank you for your answer Adam. I do not want to edit the contents of the table. I would like to move it around in the figure, so that it doesn't hide any valuable information from the existing plot.

[Adam]

So why can't you do that in the same way you would an axes?

[Emmanouil Barmpounakis]

I am sorry but I can not understand what you suggest.

As I write in a comment below, if moving the table is not possible, I would be OK if I could give a title to this table and also a name to columns and rows (like the title,xlabel and ylabel properties for a figure).

Any ideas on that? Thank you for your time.

[Adam]

column are row names are already a part of uitable. A title can be given just by a text control if you wish.

Being able to drag a UI component around without clicking on the relevant toolbar button in the figure to put you in that mode is not possible as far as I am aware though.

Obviously you could program it yourself using the Mouse move callback and ButtonDown callback etc, but that is not at all trivial.