MATLAB: GUIDE edit text

Question

I am using an edit text control in guide with a preset string defined. When I run the figure, clicking inside the edit box does not clear the preset string – I must manually backspace over it. Is there a property associated with an edit text control that would automatically erase any text in the control or do I have to use a callback? If the latter, which callback function do I use? Thanks.

Answer 1

You need to access the underlying Java callbacks. But they are undocumented and can be change in a future Matlab release: See Undocumented: uicontrol-callbacks

I assume, it is the FocusGainedCallback.