Is there a way to hide a specific uitab ?

Hello,

I am working with uitabgroup and uitabs?

I would like to be able to hide or delete a uitab.

Does any one have a solution to this problem.

Thank you very much

Answer 1

[Adam]

You can reparent the tab to empty as e.g.

f = figure;
tabgp = uitabgroup(f,'Position',[.05 .05 .3 .8]);
tab1 = uitab(tabgp,'Title','Type of Signal');
tab2 = uitab(tabgp,'Title','Plot Options');
tab1.Parent = [];

then

tab1.Parent = tabgp;

to bring it back again.

The problem is that the tab returns in a different order to previously since what was the 2nd tab originally became the first (and only in this example) tab when you reparent the first one, so when you bring the first one back it adds it to the end.

You can fix this though by permuting the

tabgp.Children

back to the same order you originally had.

I just tried inserting the tab directly into the 'Children' array but it does not allow you to do that so this is the only solution I can think of off the top of my head.

[Scott Urquhart]

Thanks Adam, that solved it.

[Lucademicus]

Somehow, when I set the parent of some tabs to [], when I close the figure, a new and empty figure initializes. Can somebody explain this behavior? (r2017b and r2018b)

[cheng sy]

it also can reach in this way:

f = figure;
tabgp = uitabgroup(f,'Position',[.05 .05 .3 .8]);
tab1 = uitab(tabgp,'Title','Type of Signal');
tab2 = uitab(tabgp,'Title','Plot Options');
tabgp.Chileren(1).delete;

[cheng sy]

this way may be more simple and understood。

[Adam]

Sure, if you want to delete a tab then delete it directly:

delete( tab1 );

but hiding it implies you will want to see it again at some point, which you can't do if you have deleted it.

Answer 2

[Stalin Samuel]

set(uitab_handle,'Visible','off')

Answer 3

[Scott Urquhart]

This doesn't work (for me).

handles.tabgp = uitabgroup('Position',[0.006 0.470 0.99 0.44],'Visible','on'); handles.tab1 = uitab(handles.tabgp,'Title','TAB1');
set(handles.tab1,'Visible','off')

Error using matlab.ui.container.Tab/set There is no Visible property on the Tab class.

[Stalin Samuel]

try this

Answer 4

[Jason Kulpe]

This is simlar to Jorge's answer on https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/355804-app-designer-tab-groups. I think this is a cleaner solution.