This example shows how to create a user interface with tab panels in MATLAB®.

The tabgroup and tab objects are used to build user interfaces with tab panels. A tabgroup object is created using the uitabgroup function. A tab object is created using the uitabfunction with a tabgroup as its parent. The tab objects appear in the order in which they are created.

Like all graphics objects, tabgroups and tabs have properties that you can view and modify. These properties have default values. The display of a tabgroup or a tab shows its most commonly used properties.

To access individual properties, use the dot notation syntax object.Property. For example, return the TabLocation property of the tabgroup.

To customize the look of a tabgroup or tab object, change any property value using the dot notation syntax object.Property.

Tabs contain user interface components such as labels, buttons, and edit boxes. To add a component to a tab, create the component and set its parent to the tab.

The tabgroup object has one callback called SelectionChangedFcn. This callback function is called when the user changes the currently selected tab.

For example, if you want the application to recalculate the amortization table and update the plot when the user leaves the "Loan Data" tab, then set the SelectionChangeCallback to a function with this format:

Graphics objects in MATLAB have many properties. To see all the properties of a tabgroup or tab object, use the get command.