MATLAB: Disabling keyboard output to the Command Window

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Hello all,

I am currently using catching keyboard input (using ginput) in a GUI to control figure properties, e.g., zoom, scroll, colouring, area selection. However, when I hold down a key for a while, the autorepeat causes the GUI figure to lose focus and the key letter to be displayed at the Command Window.

How do I disable (and re-enable) keyboard output to the Command Window?

Many thanks in advance,

James

Best Answer

How do you use GINPUT to control zoom etc? I think the KeyPressFcn or the WindowKeyPressFcn to be more useful - and they catch keystrokes before they are forwarded to the command line. See:

docsearch KeyPressFcn

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