Why do the static textboxes in my GUI print in gray color unlike the GUI background?

I have a GUI which has several static textbox objects in it. When I print my GUI, the textboxes are printed in gray color unlike the GUI background, which is white. I would like the textboxes to print in the same color as the GUI background. I also do not want to set the color of the textbox to white in GUIDE.

Answer 1

[MathWorks Support Team]

The textboxes in a GUI not printing in the same color as the background is an expected behavior.

A workaround for printing the textboxes in white color is to set the background color of the textboxes to white. The color of the textboxes can then be reverted to the original color after the printing is completed. The following code can be added to the Shortcut to accomplish this task.

% Show Hidden Handles to identify the GUI figure

set(0,'showHiddenHandles','on')

% Identify the GUI figure

figureHandle = findobj(0,'Type','Figure');

% Extract the GUI's children

childrenHandles = get(figureHandle,'Children');

% Identify the textbox object handles

textBoxHandles = findobj(childrenHandles,'Style','text');

% Store the original background color of the textbox

originalBGColor = get(textBoxHandles(1),'BackgroundColor');

% Set the background color of textboxes to white 

set(textBoxHandles,'BackgroundColor','w')

% Print the GUI figure

print(figureHandle)

% Revert the background color of textboxes to the original color

set(textBoxHandles,'BackgroundColor',originalBGColor)

Note if using PRINTDLG (or other substitutions for PRINT) that you may need to allow printing to finish before the last line

set(textBoxHandles,'BackgroundColor',originalBGColor)

can be executed. Simply insert a PAUSE command or manually remove this last line and execute it separately.