How to programmatically select a tab in a uitabgroup?

Is it possible to programmatically select one of the tabs in a uitabgroup? In response to a user request, I need to recreate the tabs and their contents, but I'd like to keep the original choice of tab. When the tabs are created, tab 1 is always selected.

tabgroup.SelectedTab is a read-only property; I tried writing to it (on the chance that it would work) and nothing happened.

Thanks!

Answer 1

[Sean de Wolski]

You can set it using SelectedTab of the uitabgroup:

tg = uitabgroup;
tt(1) = uitab('Parent',tg);
tt(2) = uitab('Parent',tg);
tt(3) = uitab('Parent',tg);

tg.SelectedTab = tt(2);

(R2014b)

[Gary]

You're quite right. That's exactly what I tried before, but looks like I made a typographical error. So in spite of the documented read-only status of the SelectedTab property, this does work.

Thanks.

[Sean de Wolski]

You're welcome!

Yes, it needs to be set to the tab, not the number

tg.SelectedTab = 2

Would not work.

Answer 2

[Joseph Reynolds]

Matlab R2022a +/- some versions , You can use the Childeren of the TabGroup.

whith in an app there are two tabs in a given TabGroup, at the end of a function to go back to the first tab use the first index of the children, or the nth child if desired.

Syntax:

app.TabGroup.SelectedTab = app.TabGroup.Children(1);

For this example there are two tabs labeled:

• Set Environment
• Configure Environmen

>> app.TabGroup.Children

2×1 Tab array:

Tab (Set Environment)

Tab (Configure Environment)