Output of get() somehow not usable for set() for uicontrols

I have a gui where there's a number of buttons on it that I want to disable during a loading process. Once I get a list of the children of the figure that have the 'Enable' property I run the following to get the current status of the buttons

statuses = get(objList,'Enable');

I then change all the 'Enable' values using set() and a single status (not array), this works fine

set(objList,'Enable','off');

I then let other code run, and finally reset the 'Enable' value to what they were, but this throws the error

set(objList,'Enable',statuses);

Below is the text of the error. I have played around with using set and get and I think I have found the interaction problem. Individually, each item in objList can take 'on', 'off' without problem. But since statuses is a cell array of the values, they can't handle it.

Error using matlab.ui.control.WebComponent/set
Error setting property 'Enable' of class 'UIControl':
Invalid enum value. Use one of these values: 'on' | 'off' | 'inactive'.

Example:

This runs file.

set(objList(39),'Enable','off');

But this fails for the same reason as above.

set(objList(39),'Enable',{'off'});

From my understanding of the set() function however, it should work. I have m graphics objects in objList, n (1) property values in 'Enable', and mxn values in the array statuses. What am I doing wrong?

• set(H,NameArray,ValueArray) specifies multiple property values using the cell arrays NameArray and ValueArray. To set n property values on each of m graphics objects, specify ValueArray as an m-by-n cell array, where m = length(H) and n is equal to the number of property names contained in NameArray.

Answer 1

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While writing this question and confirming results, I believe I discovered the critical difference in what I was trying to run and what was expected. Namely, for multiple changes at once to work, NameArray has to be forced as a cell array, even for a 1x1 size. Similarly, if NameArray is a 1x1 cell, then ValueArray has to be a cell array as well or else it'll error

Works:

set(objList(1),'Enable','on') % since both name and value are non-cells
set(objList(1),{'Enable'},{'on'}) % since both name an value are cells and appropriate size
set(objList,{'Enable'},statuses) % since Name is a cell (n) and objList is array (m) and statuses is mxn size

Doesn't work:

set(objList(1),'Enable',{'on'}) % since name is not a cell and value is a cell
set(objList(1),{'Enable'},'on') % similar to above, but name is cell but value is not
set(objList,'Enable',statuses) % since name is not a cell, but statuses is.

I think my confusion stemmed from the dearth of detail on the input arguments (see how for interp1 each portion is explained whereas set just has examples and tips)