No MATLAB editor window opening

Good evening,

I use MATLAB for a while now and never had any issues but this morning, after starting up MATLAB and trying to edit my files the only thing that showed up was a X-button in the top left corner of my screen. Although the editor was shown running it didn't open any window. I tried upgrading from R2017b to R2018a and downgrading Java SE from now update 181 to 171 to 111 but it didn't change anything. Running as administor didn't solve the problem either. I hope you can help me out with repairing the MATLAB editor for the .m files 'cause I have no clue...

Thank you in advance :)

Answer 1

[Rik]

This looks like a Windows issue, not a Matlab issue. You can try to force Windows to reset window positions by changing your resolution (after which you can change it back).

If that doesn't work and it is a Matlab issue you could try using the layout button in the lint to change the position of the editor.

[Adrian S.]

I tried the resolution change but it didn't solve the problem for me but after pressing STRG + Shift + D did add the editor window to the Workspace and it appeared as usual...

Undocking reproduces the issue (STRG + Shift + U) but pressing on undocking abc.m opens the editor in an extra windows as usual. Am I the only one with this behavior?

Thank you for the help!!

[Md Abul Hayat]

Having the same issue

[A. James A.]

I'm experiencing the same issue too. I don't even recall what I might have done to trigger it either.

Answer 2

[Javier Tirado]

First you can dock your script by pressing STRG + Shift +D (or Ctrl + Shift if you have an european keyboard).

Then if you want to work with the script in another window you can do it by pressing the down triangle and "Undock script_name.m". Be careful because if you click on "Undock" only, you'll have the same problem again.