MATLAB: Giving ‘Static Text’ a callback

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I would like to give a 'static text' in a gui a callback. i.e i would like to be able to click on the static text box, and have that complete a command. Ideally, if there is a way i would like to make a callback for a right click only. Not sure if this is possible but any feedback helps.

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In some ways similar to Andrew's suggestion:

You can set HitTest off for the static text box, and then you can define a ButtonDownFcn for the figure (or uipanel as relevant) that detects whether it is over the text and if so does what you want.

Alternately, perhaps defining a uicontext menu for the uicontrol would be suitable for your situation.

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MATLAB: How to make a push button respond to clicking with the right mouse button

There are two properties which can be used in conjunction to accomplish this.

One is the button's 'ButtonDownFcn' callback function. This callback function executes when pressing a mouse button on or near a UICONTROL object -- including when pressing the right mouse button.

The other property is the figure's 'SelectionType' property. This property indicates which kind of click was registered in the figure window -- including clicks on controls within the figure.

Putting these two together, you can define a 'ButtonDownFcn' callback for a push button which checks the figure's 'SelectionType' property to detect a right-click. An example is shown below. (In that example, the ANCESTOR function is used to get the figure's handle. If this is being done in a GUIDE-created GUI, this is unnecessary as the 'handles' structure already provides access to the figure's handle.)

function test
      uicontrol('Style', 'pushbutton', ...
                'ButtonDownFcn', @myCallback);
end
function myCallback(src, evt)
      figHandle = ancestor(src, 'figure');
      clickType = get(figHandle, 'SelectionType');
      if strcmp(clickType, 'alt')
          disp('right click action goes here!');
      end
end

MATLAB: Is there a way to open another .fig file (ex. an onscreen keyboard) when clicking into an edit text box

Yes, if the uicontrol('style', 'edit') has a ButtonDownFcn and the user right clicks on the control then that callback will be invoked. Alternately, if the 'Enable' property of the uicontrol is set to 'off' or 'disable' then the callback will be invoked for any click. You could probably then enable to control from the callback.

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