remove slider from Listbox

Hi,

Is it possible to remove the slider from a listbox?

if yes, could you help me with to do so?

Thanks

Houssem

Answer 1

[Matt Fig]

As Walter says, this cannot be done in MATLAB. I cannot really think of a reason why you would want to do this, but if you have one here is an approach that might work for you. Note that this doesn't get rid of the slider, but hides it from the user.

function [S] = list_hide()

S.fh = figure('units','pixels',...
              'position',[500 500 200 100],...
              'menubar','none',...
              'name','Hide_list',...              
              'numbertitle','off',...
              'resize','off');

S.pb = uicontrol('style','list',...
                 'busyaction','cancel',...
                 'units','pix',...
                 'pos',[10 10 200 80],...
                 'string',{'One';'two';'three';'four';'five'});
uicontrol('style','frame',...
          'units','pix',...
          'posit',[190 10 30 80],...
          'backgroundcol',get(S.fh,'color'),...
          'foregroundcol',get(S.fh,'color'));

[Oleg Komarov]

Patchwork!!

[Walter Roberson]

You could probably get rid of the slider completely by going in at the Java Swing level.

[Walter Roberson]

Oleg: True, you could overlay the slider with a patch, but patches require an axis to draw on. Getting everything aligned pixel-perfect might be a nuisance.

[Matt Fig]

@Walter, that's what I meant by "in MATLAB." Thanks for bringing that out explicitly...

[Matt Fig]

@Walter, I think Oleg meant that the GUI would be a patchwork of uicontrols, not to use an actual patch object...

Answer 2

[Jan]

Have you checked this:

http://undocumentedmatlab.com/blog/customizing-listbox-editbox-scrollbars/

[Houssem medini]

yes I did.

Thanks

Answer 3

[Walter Roberson]

The slider is automatic if there are more entries than there is space available to display them.

What would you prefer to have happen in that circumstance?

If you only want to see one entry at a time and mouse through them, then a pop-up box would be more appropriate than a listbox, unless you need to be able to select multiple values.

[Houssem medini]

yes I want to select multiple values and I am sure that the entries will not exceed the space allocated.

In the listbox, the slider is allways displayed, either needed or not.

thank you