Creating Graphical User Interfaces

Setting Component Properties - The Property Inspector

The Property Inspector enables you to set the properties of the components in your layout. It provides a list of all settable properties and displays the current value. Each property in the list is associated with an editing device that is appropriate for the values accepted by the particular property. For example, a color picker to change the BackgroundColor, a pop-up menu to set FontAngle, and a text field to specify the Callback string.

See the description of uicontrol properties for information on what values you can assign to each property and what each property does.

Displaying the Property Inspector

You can display the Property Inspector by:

• Double-clicking on a component in the Layout Editor.
• Selecting Property Inspector in the View menu.
• Right-clicking on a component and selecting Inspect Properties from the context menu.

Front to Back Positioning

Viewing the Object Hierarchy - The Object Browser