How to add a ButtonGroup in MATLAB ?

ButtonGroup allows users to manage toggle buttons and radio buttons in the figure. ButtonGroup object can be created using uibuttongroup() method.

Different syntaxes of uibuttongroup() are

• bg = uibuttongroup()
• bg = uibuttongroup(Name,Value)
• bg = uibuttongroup(parent,Name,Value)

Now, let us discuss the above syntaxes in detail:

Using uibuttongroup()

• It creates a button group in the current figure and returns the buttonGroup object.
• In the following example, radio buttons are inserted in the button group.

Matlab

% Creating a ButtonGroup object
bg = uibuttongroup();

% Create three radio buttons in the
% button group
r1 = uicontrol(bg,'Style',...
                  'radiobutton',...
                  'String','MATLAB',...
                  'Position',[120 350 200 50]);

r2 = uicontrol(bg,'Style','radiobutton',...
                  'String','Python',...
                  'Position',[120 250 200 50]);

r3 = uicontrol(bg,'Style','radiobutton',...
                  'String','Javascript',...
                  'Position',[120 150 200 50]);

Output :

Using uibuttongroup(Name, Value)

• It allows specifying the properties of ButtonGroup by mentioning the Name-Value pair arguments.
• Some properties are ‘Visible’, ‘Position’, ForegroundColor, etc.

Matlab

% Create a buttonGroup object
bg = uibuttongroup('Visible','on',...
                    "Title","India States",...
                    "TitlePosition","centertop",...
                  "BackgroundColor",'r',...
                  'Position',[0 0 .5 1]);

% Create three radio buttons in the button group
r1 = uicontrol(bg,'Style',...
                  'radiobutton',...
                  'String','Andhra Pradesh',...
                  'Position',[50 350 100 30]);

r2 = uicontrol(bg,'Style','radiobutton',...
                  'String','Kerala',...
                  'Position',[50 250 100 30]);

r3 = uicontrol(bg,'Style','radiobutton',...
                  'String','Assam',...
                  'Position',[50 150 100 30]);

% Make the uibuttongroup visible after creating child objects.
bg.Visible = 'on';

Output :

Using uibuttongroup(parent, Name, Value)

• It creates buttonGroup object with specified properties in the parent container.
• The following example displays the button group containing in a figure.

Matlab

% Parent container
fig = uifigure;

% Inserting buttonGroup into parent container
bg = uibuttongroup(fig,'Position',[20 20 200 200]);

% Adding Toggle buttons in the button group
tb1 = uitogglebutton(bg,'Position',[11 165 140 22],'Text','1');
tb2 = uitogglebutton(bg,'Position',[11 140 140 22],'Text','2');
tb3 = uitogglebutton(bg,'Position',[11 115 140 22],'Text','3');
tb4 = uitogglebutton(bg,'Position',[11 90 140 22],'Text','4');
tb5 = uitogglebutton(bg,'Position',[11 65 140 22],'Text','5');
tb6 = uitogglebutton(bg,'Position',[11 40 140 22],'Text','6');

Output :