Figure problem: disappeared text and radio buttons in figure/questionnaire after changing fron 2012b to 2015b

I wrote a small questionnaire (exemplary m-file attached) and after we updated the Matlab from 2012b to 2015b the content of this questionnaire (text, radio buttons...) disappered / is empty. No buttons or text are visible .

The code:

hFig = figure('Visible','off', 'Menu','none', 'Name','SF12', 'Resize','on',... 
'units','normalized','outerposition', [0 0 1 1], 'Color', [1 1 1]);

uicontrol('Style','text','HandleVisibility','off','BackgroundColor', [1 1 0],... 
'String','Headline-Text',... 
'Position',[0.34 0.91 0.8 0.06],'Units','Normalized','HorizontalAlignment','left','FontSize',20,'FontName','Georgia')

%%Question 1 
hBtnGrp1 = uibuttongroup('Position',[0 0.75 0.495 0.07], 'Units','Normalized','BackgroundColor', [1 1 1]);

uicontrol('Style','text','Parent',hBtnGrp1, 'HandleVisibility','off','BackgroundColor', [1 1 1],... 
'String','1. This is the first question?',...
'Position',[0.02 0 0.4 0.6],'Units','Normalized','HorizontalAlignment','left','FontSize',12.5,'FontName','Georgia')

uicontrol('Style','text','Parent',hBtnGrp1, 'HandleVisibility','off',... 'String','never','HorizontalAlignment','center','BackgroundColor', [1 1 1],... 
'Position',[0.42 0.6 0.15 0.29],'Units','Normalized','FontSize',12,'FontName','Georgia') 

uicontrol('Style','text','Parent',hBtnGrp1, 'HandleVisibility','off',... 'String','sometimes','HorizontalAlignment','center','BackgroundColor', [1 1 1],... 
'Position',[0.555 0.6 0.1 0.29],'Units','Normalized','FontSize',12,'FontName','Georgia') 

uicontrol('Style','text','Parent',hBtnGrp1, 'HandleVisibility','off',... 'String','few','HorizontalAlignment','center','BackgroundColor', [1 1 1],... 
'Position',[0.655 0.6 0.1 0.29],'Units','Normalized','FontSize',12,'FontName','Georgia') 

uicontrol('Style','text','Parent',hBtnGrp1, 'HandleVisibility','off',... 'String','ever','HorizontalAlignment','center','BackgroundColor', [1 1 1],... 
'Position',[0.755 0.6 0.1 0.29],'Units','Normalized','FontSize',12,'FontName','Georgia') 

uicontrol('Style','text','Parent',hBtnGrp1, 'HandleVisibility','off',... 'String','dont know','HorizontalAlignment','center','BackgroundColor', [1 1 1],... 
'Position',[0.855 0.6 0.1 0.29],'Units','Normalized','FontSize',12,'FontName','Georgia')

uicontrol('Style','Radio', 'Parent',hBtnGrp1, 'HandleVisibility','off',... 
'Position',[0.5 0.3 0.1 0.2],'Units','Normalized', 'Tag','1','BackgroundColor', [1 1 1]) 

uicontrol('Style','Radio', 'Parent',hBtnGrp1, 'HandleVisibility','off',... 
'Position',[0.6 0.3 0.1 0.2],'Units','Normalized', 'Tag','2','BackgroundColor', [1 1 1]) 

uicontrol('Style','Radio', 'Parent',hBtnGrp1, 'HandleVisibility','off',... 
'Position',[0.7 0.3 0.1 0.2],'Units','Normalized', 'Tag','3','BackgroundColor', [1 1 1]) 

uicontrol('Style','Radio', 'Parent',hBtnGrp1, 'HandleVisibility','off',... 
'Position',[0.8 0.3 0.1 0.2],'Units','Normalized', 'Tag','4','BackgroundColor', [1 1 1]) 

uicontrol('Style','Radio', 'Parent',hBtnGrp1, 'HandleVisibility','off',... 'Position',[0.9 0.3 0.1 0.2],'Units','Normalized', 'Tag','5','BackgroundColor', [1 1 1])

%%some more Qestiones... 
% ...

%%Name/ID of the subject 

hEdit1 = uicontrol('Style','edit', 'Position',[0.75 0.2 0.05 0.03], 'Units','Normalized','FontWeight', 'bold',... 'FontSize', 14, 'String','','FontName','Georgia','BackgroundColor', [1 1 1]);

%%the ready-button 

uicontrol('Style','pushbutton', 'String','ready', 'FontSize', 14, 'FontWeight', 'bold',... 
'Position',[0.70 0.1 0.1 0.05], 'Units','Normalized','Callback',{@button_callback})

set(hFig, 'Visible','on') function button_callback(~, ~)

%%Answer weight

Q1(5,1:2) = [5 , 0];
Q1(4,1:2) = [4 , 1];
Q1(3,1:2) = [3 , 2];
Q1(2,1:2) = [2 , 3];
Q1(1,1:2) = [1 , 4];

A1(1,1) = str2double(get(get(hBtnGrp1,'SelectedObject'),'Tag'));

A1Score(1,1:2) = Q1(str2double(get(get(hBtnGrp1,'SelectedObject'),'Tag')),:);

assignin('base','Answer',A1)

assignin('base','Score',A1Score)

evalin('base', [get(hEdit1, 'String') '.Answer = Answer;'])

evalin('base', [get(hEdit1, 'String') '.Score = Score;'])

end

end

Answer 1

[Mike Garrity]

Starting in R2014b, the parsing of the property/value pairs in the input arguments got pickier. Your code has lots of instances of this pattern:

'Position',[0.70 0.1 0.1 0.05], 'Units','Normalized', ...

Since the properties are now parsed strictly in left-to-right order, this will do exactly what it says. That is, it will set the Position property to [.7 .1 .1 .05] in the current units (which is pixels), and then it will set the Units property to normalized. The result is a tiny uicontrol that you can't see.

Before the graphics objects became real MATLAB Objects, they had a lot of special code to catch things like this that didn't make sense and quietly fix them, but there wasn't a place to stick that code in the new system.

You'll want to switch the order of your properties around like so:

'Units','Normalized', 'Position',[0.70 0.1 0.1 0.05], ...

[Philipp Schenk]

...exactly what I have just also found and wanted to share it here! Thanks for the hint!

Answer 2

[Julie]

Have you tried changing the visibility of the objects. It may be set to false, especially since you create them when the parent is not visible.

set("Your Elements",'visible','on')

I tried to run your code but it did not work so I could not test it myself.

[Philipp Schenk]

yes, it doesnt matter.

Answer 3

[Philipp Schenk]

solved