give the name of the uicontrol thats calling a function as an argument

hi, i got the following code:

S.pushbutton1 = uicontrol('Parent',hp,'style','pushbutton',...
               'unit','pix',...
               'position',[10+10*gr(1) mws(4)-60-gr(2) gr(1) gr(2)],...
               'string','Einstellungen]',...
               'backgroundcolor',[1 1 1],...
               'fontsize',10,...
               'callback',{@pbStab_call,?????});
S.pushbutton2.. = uicontrol(....
...

there are mor pushbuttons and other uicontrols which could call that function.

i want to write a function that can be called by all theese PB's for example if several edit tags got numerical value input. so i would need in the function the name of the uicontrol thats calling it. i hope this is understandable.

 function[] =pbStab_call(varargin)

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

No, that cannot be done. uicontrols have no name.

A uicontrol can have a Tag set for it.

If you want to pass an addition parameter (say a string) with the callback, then

[...]
'callback',{@pbStab_call,'Blind Lemon Morton'}

then you can receive it in your callback function:

function pbStab_call(src, evt, objname)
  fprintf('Let''s welcome %s to the stage!\n', objname);
end

[jeff wu]

thx for your answer

thats a bit disapointing though, :-)

have i chosen the right way for a programm that coult become big??

function [] = Woody()

scrsz = get(0,'ScreenSize');

mws=[0 100 scrsz(3)-60 scrsz(4)-140];

S.fh = figure('position',mws,...

hp = uipanel('Title','Schnittkräfte',...

and then there a r a bunch of uicontrols that are included in the panel in order to be able to make them invisible at once.

[Walter Roberson]

What would you do with the "name" of the uicontrol if it had a name? Note that the "name" of a graphics object is not the same as the variable that stores it! For example, a figure can have a "Name" completely different than the variable used to store the figure number.