
2 Desktop
Tool Action Steps to Perform
Grouping tools together You can group tools so that they overlay each other in the MATLAB
desktop. To group tools together, drag the title bar of one tool in the
desktop on top of the title bar of another tool in the desktop. To make
a tool active, click its name in the title bar. See more details online.
Maximizing tools in the
desktop
To resize the active tool so itoccupiestheentireMATLAB
desktop, double-click the tool’s title bar; to return to the layout
prior to maximizing, double-click the title bar of t he maximized
tool. Alternativ ely, use the menus: select Desktop > Maximize
Toolname. To return to the layout prior t o maximizing, select
Desktop > Restore Toolname. YoucanalsousetheMaximize
button
and R estore button in the tool’s title bar. This feature is
not supported on Macintosh platforms.
Minimizing tools in the
desktop
You can minimize any tool in the desktop, which creates a button
along an edge of the desktop that represents the tool. Select
Desktop > Minimize Toolname. You can also use the Minimize
button
in th e tool’s title bar. The t ool’s b utton a ppears along the
edge indicated by the minimize arrow in the menu item or on the
button. To move the tool’s button to a different edge, right-click the
button, and from the context menu, select an edge. To view or use
a m inimized to ol, hover over or click the button—this temporarily
opens the tool in the desktop. Once you are finished using the tool,
click the button or another tool and the tool is again shown only as
a button along the edge. To return the tool to the desktop layout
position it occupied befo re being m inimized, double-click the button.
Alternativel y, restore it by right-clicking the button and selecting
Restore > Toolname, or use the Restore button
in the tool’s title
bar. This featu re is not supp orted on Macintosh platforms.
Opening and Arranging Docum ents
Open a document, such as an M-file or a v ariable, an d it ope ns in its tool,
for example, the Editor/Debugger or Array Editor. T h e following examp le
illustration shows a desktop arrangementthatincludesEditor/Debugger
and Array Editor documents. See instructions in “Summary of Actions for
Arranging Documents” on page 2 -11.
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