MATLAB provides a guide tool that allows you to create GUIs (Graphical User Interfaces) without having to write any code. Here are the steps to create a GUI using the guide tool:
Once you have created your GUI, you can run it by clicking on the green "Play" button in the guide window.
Here's an example of a simple GUI created using GUIDE that displays a plot based on user input:
function varargout = simple_gui(varargin)
% SIMPLE_GUI MATLAB code for simple_gui.fig
% SIMPLE_GUI, by itself, creates a new SIMPLE_GUI or raises the existing
% singleton*.
%
% H = SIMPLE_GUI returns the handle to a new SIMPLE_GUI or the handle to
% the existing singleton*.
%
% SIMPLE_GUI('CALLBACK',hObject,eventData,handles,...) calls the local
% function named CALLBACK in SIMPLE_GUI.M with the given input arguments.
%
% SIMPLE_GUI('Property','Value',...) creates a new SIMPLE_GUI or raises the
% existing singleton*. Starting from the left, property value pairs are
% applied to the GUI before simple_gui_OpeningFcn gets called. An
% unrecognized property name or invalid value makes property application
% stop. All inputs are passed to simple_gui_OpeningFcn via varargin.
%
% *See GUI Options on GUIDE's Tools menu. Choose "GUI allows only one
% instance to run (singleton)".
%
% See also: GUIDE, GUIDATA, GUIHANDLES
% Edit the above text to modify the response to help simple_gui
% Last Modified by GUIDE v2.5 12-Oct-2021 13:22:48
% Begin initialization code - DO NOT EDIT
gui_Singleton = 1;
gui_State = struct('gui_Name', mfilename, ...
'gui_Singleton', gui_Singleton, ...
'gui_OpeningFcn', @simple_gui_OpeningFcn, ...
'gui_OutputFcn', @simple_gui_OutputFcn, ...
'gui_LayoutFcn', [] , ...
'gui_Callback', []);
if nargin && ischar(varargin{1})
gui_State.gui_Callback = str2func(varargin{1});
end
if nargout
[varargout{1:nargout}] = gui_mainfcn(gui_State, varargin{:});
else
gui_mainfcn(gui_State, varargin{:});
end
% End initialization code - DO NOT EDIT
% --- Executes just before simple_gui is made visible.
function simple_gui_OpeningFcn(hObject, eventdata, handles, varargin)
% This function has no output args, see OutputFcn.
% hObject handle to figure
% eventdata reserved - to be defined in a future version of MATLAB
% handles structure with handles and user data (see GUIDATA)
% varargin command line arguments to simple_gui (see VARARGIN)
% Choose default command line output for simple_gui
handles.output = hObject;
% Update handles structure
guidata(hObject, handles);
% UIWAIT makes simple_gui wait for user response (see UIRESUME)
% uiwait(handles.figure1);
% --- Outputs from this function are returned to the command line.
function varargout = simple_gui_OutputFcn(hObject, eventdata, handles)
% varargout cell array for returning output args (see VARARGOUT);
% hObject handle to figure
% eventdata reserved - to be defined in a future version of MATLAB
% handles structure with handles and user data (see GUIDATA)
% Get default command line output from handles structure
varargout{1} = handles.output;
% --- Executes on button press in plot_pushbutton.
function plot_pushbutton_Callback(hObject, eventdata, handles)
% hObject handle to plot_pushbutton (see GCBO)
% eventdata reserved - to be defined in a future version of MATLAB
% handles structure with handles and user data (see GUIDATA)
% Get user input
x = str2double(get(handles.x_edit, 'String'));
% Generate data for plot
t = linspace(0, 2*pi, 100);
y = sin(x*t);
% Plot data
axes(handles.plot_axes);
plot(t, y);
xlabel('t');
ylabel('y');
title(['y = sin(', num2str(x), 't)']);
% --- Executes on button press in exit_pushbutton.
function exit_pushbutton_Callback(hObject, eventdata, handles)
% hObject handle to exit_pushbutton (see GCBO)
% eventdata reserved - to be defined in a future version of MATLAB
% handles structure with handles and user data (see GUIDATA)
% Close the GUI
close(handles.figure1);
This code was automatically generated by GUIDE and can be modified to suit your needs.