MATLAB: Setting proprties for multiple UIControl objects at once (or setting a default)

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Hey, I'm creating a complex GUI that will have many similar objects (for example, text). I want all of them to have the same properties, besides the text, for example:
scanParametersFromLabel = uicontrol('Parent', scanParameters, ...
    'Style', 'text', 'String', 'From', 'FontSize', fontSize, 'ForegroundColor', [0.5 0.5 0.5]);
scanParametersToLabel = uicontrol('Parent', scanParameters, ...
    'Style', 'text', 'String', 'To', 'FontSize', fontSize, 'ForegroundColor', [0.5 0.5 0.5]);
scanParametersNPointsLabel = uicontrol('Parent', scanParameters, ...
    'Style', 'text', 'String', '# Points', 'FontSize', fontSize, 'ForegroundColor', [0.5 0.5 0.5]);
scanParametersFixLabel = uicontrol('Parent', scanParameters, ...
    'Style', 'text', 'String', 'Fix', 'FontSize', fontSize, 'ForegroundColor', [0.5 0.5 0.5]);
scanParametersPositionLabel = uicontrol('Parent', scanParameters, ...
    'Style', 'text', 'String', 'Position', 'FontSize', fontSize, 'ForegroundColor', [0.5 0.5 0.5]);
Is there anyway to quickly set all of the parameters for all objects? or maybe set a default value? It'll remove a lot of clutter from my code… For example something like this would be great:
textProprties = sprintf('''Style'', ''text'', ''String'', ''From'', ''FontSize'', fontSize, ''ForegroundColor'', [0.5 0.5 0.5]');
scanParametersFromLabel = uicontrol('Parent', scanParameters, 'String', 'From', textProprties);
I know I can do it with eval(sprintf(…)), but I was hoping for something more elegant…

Best Answer

scanParameters = figure;
fontSize       = 12,
props = {'Parent', scanParameters, ...
        'Style', 'text', 'FontSize', fontSize, 'ForegroundColor', [0.5 0.5 0.5]};
uicontrol('String', 'From', props{:});
I'd prefer this for clarity:
scanParameters = figure;
Props.Parent   = scanParameters;
Props.FontSize = 12;
Props.Style    = 'text';
Props.ForegroundColor = [0.5 0.5 0.5];
uicontrol('String', 'From', Props);
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