MATLAB Function Reference    
uicontextmenu Properties
Modifying Properties

You can set and query graphics object properties in two ways:

To change the default value of properties see Settingcreating_plots Default Property Values.

UicontextmenuProperty Descriptions
BusyAction                   cancel | {queue}

Callback routine interruption. The BusyAction property enables you to control how MATLAB handles events that potentially interrupt executing callback routines. If a callback routine is executing, subsequently invoked callback routines always attempt to interrupt it. If the Interruptible property of the object whose callback is executing is set to on (the default), then interruption occurs at the next point where the event queue is processed. If the Interruptible property is off, the BusyAction property of the object whose callback is executing determines how MATLAB handles the event. The choices are:

ButtonDownFcn                string

This property has no effect on uicontextmenu objects.

Callback                     string

Control action. A routine that executes whenever you right-click on an object for which a context menu is defined. The routine executes immediately before the context menu is posted. Define this routine as a string that is a valid MATLAB expression or the name of an M-file. The expression executes in the MATLAB workspace.

Children                     matrix

The uimenus defined for the uicontextmenu.

Clipping                     {on} | off

This property has no effect on uicontextmenu objects.

CreateFcn                    string

Callback routine executed during object creation. This property defines a callback routine that executes when MATLAB creates a uicontextmenu object. You must define this property as a default value for uicontextmenus. For example, this statement:

defines a default value on the root level that sets the figure IntegerHandle property to off whenever you create a uicontextmenu object. MATLAB executes this routine after setting all property values for the uicontextmenu. Setting this property on an existing uicontextmenu object has no effect.

The handle of the object whose CreateFcn is being executed is accessible only through the root CallbackObject property, which can be queried using gcbo.

DeleteFcn                    string

Delete uicontextmenu callback routine. A callback routine that executes when you delete the uicontextmenu object (e.g., when you issue a delete command or clear the figure containing the uicontextmenu). MATLAB executes the routine before destroying the object's properties so these values are available to the callback routine.

The handle of the object whose DeleteFcn is being executed is accessible only through the root CallbackObject property, which you can query using gcbo.

HandleVisibility             {on} | callback | off

Control access to object's handle by command-line users and GUIs. This property determines when an object's handle is visible in its parent's list of children. HandleVisibility is useful for preventing command-line users from accidentally drawing into or deleting a figure that contains only user interface devices (such as a dialog box).

Handles are always visible when HandleVisibility is on.

Setting HandleVisibility to callback causes handles to be visible from within callback routines or functions invoked by callback routines, but not from within functions invoked from the command line. This provides a means to protect GUIs from command-line users, while allowing callback routines to have complete access to object handles.

Setting HandleVisibility to off makes handles invisible at all times. This may be necessary when a callback routine invokes a function that might potentially damage the GUI (such as evaluating a user-typed string), and so temporarily hides its own handles during the execution of that function.

When a handle is not visible in its parent's list of children, it cannot be returned by functions that obtain handles by searching the object hierarchy or querying handle properties. This includes get, findobj, gca, gcf, gco, newplot, cla, clf, and close.

When a handle's visibility is restricted using callback or off, the object's handle does not appear in its parent's Children property, figures do not appear in the root's CurrentFigure property, objects do not appear in the root's CallbackObject property or in the figure's CurrentObject property, and axes do not appear in their parent's CurrentAxes property.

You can set the root ShowHiddenHandles property to on to make all handles visible, regardless of their HandleVisibility settings (this does not affect the values of the HandleVisibility properties).

Handles that are hidden are still valid. If you know an object's handle, you can set and get its properties, and pass it to any function that operates on handles.

HitTest                      {on} | off

This property has no effect on uicontextmenu objects.

Interruptible                {on} | off

Callback routine interruption mode. The Interruptible property controls whether a uicontextmenu callback routine can be interrupted by subsequently invoked callback routines. By default (on), execution of a callback routine can be interrupted.

Only callback routines defined for the ButtonDownFcn and Callback properties are affected by the Interruptible property. MATLAB checks for events that can interrupt a callback routine only when it encounters a drawnow, figure, getframe, pause, or waitfor command in the routine.

Parent                       handle

Uicontextmenu's parent. The handle of the uicontextmenu's parent object. The parent of a uicontextmenu object is the figure in which it appears. You can move a uicontextmenu object to another figure by setting this property to the handle of the new parent.

Position                     vector

Uicontextmenu's position. A two-element vector that defines the location of a context menu posted by setting the Visible property value to on. Specify Position as

where vector elements represent the distance in pixels from the bottom left corner of the figure window to the top left corner of the context menu.

Selected                     on | {off}

This property has no effect on uicontextmenu objects.

SelectionHighlight           {on} | off

This property has no effect on uicontextmenu objects.

Tag                          string

User-specified object label. The Tag property provides a means to identify graphics objects with a user-specified label. This is particularly useful when constructing interactive graphics programs that would otherwise need to define object handles as global variables or pass them as arguments between callback routines. You can define Tag as any string.

Type                         string

Class of graphics object. For uicontextmenu objects, Type is always the string 'uicontextmenu'.

UIContextMenu                handle

This property has no effect on uicontextmenus.

UserData                     matrix

User-specified data. Any data you want to associate with the uicontextmenu object. MATLAB does not use this data, but you can access it using set and get.

Visible                      on | {off}

Uicontextmenu visibility. The Visible property can be used in two ways:


 uicontextmenu uicontrol