MATLAB: Appdesigner window ends up in background after uigetfile

appdesignerfigurefocusuifigure

I am creating a graphic program using appdesigner but when I call a function where the user can choose a file (uigetfile) the figure window is often put behind some other of my open windows after the file has been chosen. For example if I have a word document open at the same time as my program, the word document gets focus when the file has been chosen and I have to click at the bottom bar to get back to my program. I was using GUIDE before and then I didn't have that problem. I am running on Windows. Is there a way to solve this?

Best Answer

For MATLAB R2018a and newer you can use the figure command to focus your app again,
uigetfile; % Could be other dialogs here

drawnow;
figure(app.UIFigure)
For releases prior either turn the visibility off and on again or use the attached p file (change extension from .zip to .p). The usage then would be
uigetfile; % Could be other dialogs here
drawnow;
FocusUIFigure(app.UIFigure)
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