Figure Properties - SERC

Figure Properties
and stays above all other windows until it becomes invisible, or is returned to
WindowStyle normal, or is deleted. At that time, focus reverts to the window
that last had focus.
Figures with WindowStyle modal and Visible off do not behave modally until
they are made visible, so it is acceptable to hide a modal window instead of
destroying it when you want to reuse it.
You can change the WindowStyle of a figure at any time, including when the
figure is visible and contains children. However, on some systems this may
cause the figure to flash or disappear and reappear, depending on the
windowing system’s implementation of normal and modal windows. For best
visual results, you should set WindowStyle at creation time or when the figure
is invisible.
Modal figures do not display uimenu children or built-in menus, but it is not an
error to create uimenus in a modal figure or to change WindowStyle to modal
on a figure with uimenu children. The uimenu objects exist and their handles
are retained by the figure. If you reset the figure’s WindowStyle to normal, the
uimenus are displayed.
Use modal figures to create dialog boxes that force the user to respond without
being able to interact with other windows. Typing Control C at the MATLAB
prompt causes all figures with WindowStyle modal to revert to WindowStyle
normal, allowing you to type at the command line.
Docked WindowStyle
When WindowStyle is set to docked, the figure is docked in the desktop or a
document window. When you issue the following command,
set(figure_handle,'WindowStyle','docked')
MATLAB docks the figure identified by figure_handle and sets the
DockControls property to on, if it was off.
Note that if WindowStyle is docked, you cannot set the DockControls property
to off.
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