Hyperlink

Hyperlink UI component

Since R2021a

Description

A hyperlink UI component displays a clickable link that can open a webpage from an app. Use the Hyperlink object to modify the appearance and behavior of a hyperlink after you create it.

Creation

Create a hyperlink in an app using the uihyperlink function.

Properties

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Hyperlink

`Text` — Hyperlink display text
`'Hyperlink'` (default) | character vector | cell array of character vectors | string scalar | string array | 1-D categorical array

Hyperlink display text, specified as a character vector, cell array of character vectors, string scalar, string array, or 1-D categorical array. Use a cell array of character vectors or a string array to specify multiple lines of text.

Example: 'Click here'

Example: {'Click' 'Here'}

`HorizontalAlignment` — Horizontal alignment of text
`'left'` (default) | `'right'` | `'center'`

Horizontal alignment of the text, specified as:

'right' — Text aligns on the right side of the area specified by the Position property.
'left' — Text aligns on the left side of the area specified by the Position property.
'center'— Text centers horizontally in the area specified by the Position property.

Aligning hyperlink text is useful when the text spans multiple lines.

`VerticalAlignment` — Vertical alignment of text
`'center'` (default) | `'top'` | `'bottom'`

Vertical alignment of the text, specified as one of the following:

'center' — Text centers vertically in the area specified by the Position property.
'top' — Text aligns on the top of the area specified by the Position property.
'bottom' — Text aligns on the bottom of the area specified by the Position property.

Aligning hyperlink text is useful when the text spans multiple lines.

`WordWrap` — Word wrapping to fit component width
`'off'` (default) | on/off logical value

Word wrapping to fit component width, specified as 'off' or 'on', or as numeric or logical 0 (false) or 1 (true). A value of 'off' is equivalent to false, and 'on' is equivalent to true. Thus, you can use the value of this property as a logical value. The value is stored as an on/off logical value of type matlab.lang.OnOffSwitchState.

Use this property to prevent text from getting clipped horizontally when the width of the component is smaller than the text you want to display.

'off' — Text does not wrap.
'on' — Breaks text into new lines so that each line fits within the width of the component and avoids breaking words when possible.

Setting the WordWrap property to 'on' does not prevent text from getting clipped vertically when the height of the component is too small to display all the lines of text.

Font and Color

`FontName` — Font name
system supported font name

Font name, specified as a system supported font name. The default font depends on the specific operating system and locale.

If the specified font is not available, then MATLAB^® uses the best match among the fonts available on the system where the app is running.

Example: 'Arial'

`FontSize` — Font size
positive number

Font size, specified as a positive number. The units of measurement are pixels. The default font size depends on the specific operating system and locale.

Example: 14

`FontWeight` — Font weight
`'normal'` (default) | `'bold'`

Font weight, specified as one of these values:

'normal' — Default weight as defined by the particular font
'bold' — Thicker character outlines than 'normal'

Not all fonts have a bold font weight. For fonts that do not, specifying 'bold' results in the normal font weight.

`FontAngle` — Font angle
`'normal'` (default) | `'italic'`

Font angle, specified as 'normal' or 'italic'. Not all fonts have an italic font angle. For fonts that do not, specifying 'italic' results in the normal font angle.

`FontColor` — Font color
`[0 0.3984 0.7969]` (default) | RGB triplet | hexadecimal color code | `'r'` | `'g'` | `'b'` | ...

Font color, specified as an RGB triplet, a hexadecimal color code, or one of the options listed in the table.

RGB triplets and hexadecimal color codes are useful for specifying custom colors.

An RGB triplet is a three-element row vector whose elements specify the intensities of the red, green, and blue components of the color. The intensities must be in the range [0,1]; for example,[0.4 0.6 0.7].
A hexadecimal color code is a character vector or a string scalar that starts with a hash symbol (#) followed by three or six hexadecimal digits, which can range from 0 to F. The values are not case sensitive. Thus, the color codes "#FF8800", "#ff8800", "#F80", and "#f80" are equivalent.

Alternatively, you can specify some common colors by name. This table lists the named color options, the equivalent RGB triplets, and hexadecimal color codes.

Color Name	Short Name	RGB Triplet	Hexadecimal Color Code
`"red"`	`"r"`	`[1 0 0]`	`"#FF0000"`
`"green"`	`"g"`	`[0 1 0]`	`"#00FF00"`
`"blue"`	`"b"`	`[0 0 1]`	`"#0000FF"`
`"cyan"`	`"c"`	`[0 1 1]`	`"#00FFFF"`
`"magenta"`	`"m"`	`[1 0 1]`	`"#FF00FF"`
`"yellow"`	`"y"`	`[1 1 0]`	`"#FFFF00"`
`"black"`	`"k"`	`[0 0 0]`	`"#000000"`
`"white"`	`"w"`	`[1 1 1]`	`"#FFFFFF"`

Here are the RGB triplets and hexadecimal color codes for the default colors MATLAB uses in many types of plots.

RGB Triplet	Hexadecimal Color Code	Appearance
`[0 0.4470 0.7410]`	`"#0072BD"`
`[0.8500 0.3250 0.0980]`	`"#D95319"`
`[0.9290 0.6940 0.1250]`	`"#EDB120"`
`[0.4940 0.1840 0.5560]`	`"#7E2F8E"`
`[0.4660 0.6740 0.1880]`	`"#77AC30"`
`[0.3010 0.7450 0.9330]`	`"#4DBEEE"`
`[0.6350 0.0780 0.1840]`	`"#A2142F"`

`VisitedColor` — Font color after click
`[0.5 0 0.5]` (default) | RGB triplet | hexadecimal color code | `'r'` | `'g'` | `'b'` | ...

Font color after click, specified as an RGB triplet, a hexadecimal color code, or one of the color options listed in the table. The default color is purple.

For a custom color, specify an RGB triplet or a hexadecimal color code.

An RGB triplet is a three-element row vector whose elements specify the intensities of the red, green, and blue components of the color. The intensities must be in the range [0,1], for example, [0.4 0.6 0.7].
A hexadecimal color code is a string scalar or character vector that starts with a hash symbol (#) followed by three or six hexadecimal digits, which can range from 0 to F. The values are not case sensitive. Therefore, the color codes "#FF8800", "#ff8800", "#F80", and "#f80" are equivalent.

Alternatively, you can specify some common colors by name. This table lists the named color options, the equivalent RGB triplets, and hexadecimal color codes.

Color Name	Short Name	RGB Triplet	Hexadecimal Color Code	Appearance
`"red"`	`"r"`	`[1 0 0]`	`"#FF0000"`
`"green"`	`"g"`	`[0 1 0]`	`"#00FF00"`
`"blue"`	`"b"`	`[0 0 1]`	`"#0000FF"`
`"cyan"`	`"c"`	`[0 1 1]`	`"#00FFFF"`
`"magenta"`	`"m"`	`[1 0 1]`	`"#FF00FF"`
`"yellow"`	`"y"`	`[1 1 0]`	`"#FFFF00"`
`"black"`	`"k"`	`[0 0 0]`	`"#000000"`
`"white"`	`"w"`	`[1 1 1]`	`"#FFFFFF"`
`"none"`	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	No color

Here are the RGB triplets and hexadecimal color codes for the default colors MATLAB uses in many types of plots.

RGB Triplet	Hexadecimal Color Code	Appearance
`[0 0.4470 0.7410]`	`"#0072BD"`
`[0.8500 0.3250 0.0980]`	`"#D95319"`
`[0.9290 0.6940 0.1250]`	`"#EDB120"`
`[0.4940 0.1840 0.5560]`	`"#7E2F8E"`
`[0.4660 0.6740 0.1880]`	`"#77AC30"`
`[0.3010 0.7450 0.9330]`	`"#4DBEEE"`
`[0.6350 0.0780 0.1840]`	`"#A2142F"`

`BackgroundColor` — Background color
`'none'` (default) | RGB triplet | hexadecimal color code | `'r'` | `'g'` | `'b'` | ...

Background color, specified as an RGB triplet, a hexadecimal color code, or one of the color options listed in the table.

For a custom color, specify an RGB triplet or a hexadecimal color code.

An RGB triplet is a three-element row vector whose elements specify the intensities of the red, green, and blue components of the color. The intensities must be in the range [0,1], for example, [0.4 0.6 0.7].
A hexadecimal color code is a string scalar or character vector that starts with a hash symbol (#) followed by three or six hexadecimal digits, which can range from 0 to F. The values are not case sensitive. Therefore, the color codes "#FF8800", "#ff8800", "#F80", and "#f80" are equivalent.

Alternatively, you can specify some common colors by name. This table lists the named color options, the equivalent RGB triplets, and hexadecimal color codes.

Color Name	Short Name	RGB Triplet	Hexadecimal Color Code	Appearance
`"red"`	`"r"`	`[1 0 0]`	`"#FF0000"`
`"green"`	`"g"`	`[0 1 0]`	`"#00FF00"`
`"blue"`	`"b"`	`[0 0 1]`	`"#0000FF"`
`"cyan"`	`"c"`	`[0 1 1]`	`"#00FFFF"`
`"magenta"`	`"m"`	`[1 0 1]`	`"#FF00FF"`
`"yellow"`	`"y"`	`[1 1 0]`	`"#FFFF00"`
`"black"`	`"k"`	`[0 0 0]`	`"#000000"`
`"white"`	`"w"`	`[1 1 1]`	`"#FFFFFF"`
`"none"`	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	No color

Here are the RGB triplets and hexadecimal color codes for the default colors MATLAB uses in many types of plots.

RGB Triplet	Hexadecimal Color Code	Appearance
`[0 0.4470 0.7410]`	`"#0072BD"`
`[0.8500 0.3250 0.0980]`	`"#D95319"`
`[0.9290 0.6940 0.1250]`	`"#EDB120"`
`[0.4940 0.1840 0.5560]`	`"#7E2F8E"`
`[0.4660 0.6740 0.1880]`	`"#77AC30"`
`[0.3010 0.7450 0.9330]`	`"#4DBEEE"`
`[0.6350 0.0780 0.1840]`	`"#A2142F"`

Data Types: double | char

Interactivity

`URL` — Hyperlink URL
`''` (default) | character vector | string scalar

Hyperlink URL, specified as a character vector or string scalar. When the hyperlink is clicked, the web address opens in a new browser tab. If the user is running the app in a browser via MATLAB Online™ or as a web app, the new tab opens in the current browser. Otherwise, the new tab opens in the default browser on the user's system.

`Visible` — State of visibility
`'on'` (default) | on/off logical value

State of visibility, specified as 'on' or 'off', or as numeric or logical 1 (true) or 0 (false). A value of 'on' is equivalent to true, and 'off' is equivalent to false. Thus, you can use the value of this property as a logical value. The value is stored as an on/off logical value of type matlab.lang.OnOffSwitchState.

'on' — Display the object.
'off' — Hide the object without deleting it. You still can access the properties of an invisible UI component.

To make your app start faster, set the Visible property to 'off' for all UI components that do not need to appear at startup.

`Enable` — Visual appearance of hyperlink
`'on'` (default) | on/off logical value

Visual appearance of the hyperlink, specified as 'on' or 'off', or as numeric or logical 1 (true) or 0 (false). A value of 'on' is equivalent to true, and 'off' is equivalent to false. Thus, you can use the value of this property as a logical value. The value is stored as an on/off logical value of type matlab.lang.OnOffSwitchState.

'on' — Hyperlink appears normal
'off' — Hyperlink appears dimmed

`Tooltip` — Tooltip
`''` (default) | character vector | cell array of character vectors | string array | 1-D categorical array

Tooltip, specified as a character vector, cell array of character vectors, string array, or 1-D categorical array. Use this property to display a message when the user hovers the pointer over the link at run time. The tooltip displays even when the link is disabled. To display multiple lines of text, specify a cell array of character vectors or a string array. Each element in the array becomes a separate line of text. If you specify this property as a categorical array, MATLAB uses the values in the array, not the full set of categories.

When Tooltip is set to '' and the app user hovers over the link, the component displays a message with the value of URL.

`ContextMenu` — Context menu
empty `GraphicsPlaceholder` array (default) | `ContextMenu` object

Context menu, specified as a ContextMenu object created using the uicontextmenu function. Use this property to display a context menu when you right-click on a component.

Position

`Position` — Hyperlink location and size
`[100 100 70 22]` (default) | `[left bottom width height]`

Hyperlink location and size, relative to the parent, specified as the vector [left bottom width height]. This table describes each element in the vector.

Element	Description
`left`	Distance from the inner left edge of the parent container to the outer left edge of the label
`bottom`	Distance from the inner bottom edge of the parent container to the outer bottom edge of the label
`width`	Distance between the right and left outer edges of the label
`height`	Distance between the top and bottom outer edges of the label

The Position values are relative to the drawable area of the parent container. The drawable area is the area inside the borders of the container and does not include the area occupied by decorations such as a menu bar or title.

All measurements are in pixel units.

Example: [100 100 100 20]

`InnerPosition` — Inner location and size of hyperlink
`[100 100 70 22]` (default) | `[left bottom width height]`

Inner location and size of hyperlink, specified as [left bottom width height]. Position values are relative to the parent container. All measurements are in pixel units. This property value is identical to Position property.

`OuterPosition` — Outer location and size of hyperlink
`[100 100 70 22]` (default) | `[left bottom width height]`

This property is read-only.

Outer location and size of hyperlink, returned as [left bottom width height]. Position values are relative to the parent container. All measurements are in pixel units. This property value is identical to Position.

`Layout` — Layout options
empty `LayoutOptions` array (default) | `GridLayoutOptions` object

Layout options, specified as a GridLayoutOptions object. This property specifies options for components that are children of grid layout containers. If the component is not a child of a grid layout container (for example, it is a child of a figure or panel), then this property is empty and has no effect. However, if the component is a child of a grid layout container, you can place the component in the desired row and column of the grid by setting the Row and Column properties on the GridLayoutOptions object.

For example, this code places a hyperlink in the third row and second column of its parent grid.

g = uigridlayout([4 3]);
hlink = uihyperlink(g);
hlink.Layout.Row = 3;
hlink.Layout.Column = 2;

To make the hyperlink span multiple rows or columns, specify the Row or Column property as a two-element vector. For example, this hyperlink spans columns 2 through 3:

hlink.Layout.Column = [2 3];

Callbacks

`HyperlinkClickedFcn` — Hyperlink clicked callback
`''` (default) | function handle | cell array | character vector

Hyperlink clicked callback, specified as one of these values:

A function handle.
A cell array in which the first element is a function handle. Subsequent elements in the cell array are the arguments to pass to the callback function.
A character vector containing a valid MATLAB expression (not recommended). MATLAB evaluates this expression in the base workspace.

This callback executes after the URL opens when the user clicks the hyperlink.

This callback function can access specific information about the user's interaction with the hyperlink. MATLAB passes this information in a HyperlinkClickedData object as the second argument to your callback function. In App Designer, the argument is called event. You can query the object properties using dot notation. For example, event.Source returns the Hyperlink object. The HyperlinkClickedData is not available to callback functions specified as character vectors.

The following table lists the properties of the HyperlinkClickedData object.

Property	Value
`EventName`	`'HyperlinkClicked'`
`Source`	Component that executes the callback

For more information about writing callbacks, see Callbacks in App Designer.

`CreateFcn` — Creation function
`''` (default) | function handle | cell array | character vector

Object creation function, specified as one of these values:

Function handle.
Cell array in which the first element is a function handle. Subsequent elements in the cell array are the arguments to pass to the callback function.
Character vector containing a valid MATLAB expression (not recommended). MATLAB evaluates this expression in the base workspace.

For more information about specifying a callback as a function handle, cell array, or character vector, see Callbacks in App Designer.

This property specifies a callback function to execute when MATLAB creates the object. MATLAB initializes all property values before executing the CreateFcn callback. If you do not specify the CreateFcn property, then MATLAB executes a default creation function.

Setting the CreateFcn property on an existing component has no effect.

If you specify this property as a function handle or cell array, you can access the object that is being created using the first argument of the callback function. Otherwise, use the gcbo function to access the object.

`DeleteFcn` — Deletion function
`''` (default) | function handle | cell array | character vector

Object deletion function, specified as one of these values:

Function handle.
Cell array in which the first element is a function handle. Subsequent elements in the cell array are the arguments to pass to the callback function.
Character vector containing a valid MATLAB expression (not recommended). MATLAB evaluates this expression in the base workspace.

For more information about specifying a callback as a function handle, cell array, or character vector, see Callbacks in App Designer.

This property specifies a callback function to execute when MATLAB deletes the object. MATLAB executes the DeleteFcn callback before destroying the properties of the object. If you do not specify the DeleteFcn property, then MATLAB executes a default deletion function.

If you specify this property as a function handle or cell array, you can access the object that is being deleted using the first argument of the callback function. Otherwise, use the gcbo function to access the object.

Callback Execution Control

`Interruptible` — Callback interruption
`'on'` (default) | on/off logical value

Callback interruption, specified as 'on' or 'off', or as numeric or logical 1 (true) or 0 (false). A value of 'on' is equivalent to true, and 'off' is equivalent to false. Thus, you can use the value of this property as a logical value. The value is stored as an on/off logical value of type matlab.lang.OnOffSwitchState.

This property determines if a running callback can be interrupted. There are two callback states to consider:

The running callback is the currently executing callback.
The interrupting callback is a callback that tries to interrupt the running callback.

MATLAB determines callback interruption behavior whenever it executes a command that processes the callback queue. These commands include drawnow, figure, uifigure, getframe, waitfor, and pause.

If the running callback does not contain one of these commands, then no interruption occurs. MATLAB first finishes executing the running callback, and later executes the interrupting callback.

If the running callback does contain one of these commands, then the Interruptible property of the object that owns the running callback determines if the interruption occurs:

If the value of Interruptible is 'off', then no interruption occurs. Instead, the BusyAction property of the object that owns the interrupting callback determines if the interrupting callback is discarded or added to the callback queue.
If the value of Interruptible is 'on', then the interruption occurs. The next time MATLAB processes the callback queue, it stops the execution of the running callback and executes the interrupting callback. After the interrupting callback completes, MATLAB then resumes executing the running callback.

Note

Callback interruption and execution behave differently in these situations:

If the interrupting callback is a DeleteFcn, CloseRequestFcn, or SizeChangedFcn callback, then the interruption occurs regardless of the Interruptible property value.
If the running callback is currently executing the waitfor function, then the interruption occurs regardless of the Interruptible property value.
If the interrupting callback is owned by a Timer object, then the callback executes according to schedule regardless of the Interruptible property value.

Note

When an interruption occurs, MATLAB does not save the state of properties or the display. For example, the object returned by the gca or gcf command might change when another callback executes.

`BusyAction` — Callback queuing
`'queue'` (default) | `'cancel'`

Callback queuing, specified as 'queue' or 'cancel'. The BusyAction property determines how MATLAB handles the execution of interrupting callbacks. There are two callback states to consider:

The running callback is the currently executing callback.
The interrupting callback is a callback that tries to interrupt the running callback.

The BusyAction property determines callback queuing behavior only when both of these conditions are met:

The running callback contains a command that processes the callback queue, such as drawnow, figure, uifigure, getframe, waitfor, or pause.
The value of the Interruptible property of the object that owns the running callback is 'off'.

Under these conditions, the BusyAction property of the object that owns the interrupting callback determines how MATLAB handles the interrupting callback. These are possible values of the BusyAction property:

'queue' — Puts the interrupting callback in a queue to be processed after the running callback finishes execution.
'cancel' — Does not execute the interrupting callback.

`BeingDeleted` — Deletion status
on/off logical value

This property is read-only.

Deletion status, returned as an on/off logical value of type matlab.lang.OnOffSwitchState.

MATLAB sets the BeingDeleted property to 'on' when the DeleteFcn callback begins execution. The BeingDeleted property remains set to 'on' until the component object no longer exists.

Check the value of the BeingDeleted property to verify that the object is not about to be deleted before querying or modifying it.

Parent/Child

`Parent` — Parent container
`Figure` object (default) | `Panel` object | `Tab` object | `ButtonGroup` object | `GridLayout` object

Parent container, specified as a Figure object created using the uifigure function, or one of its child containers: Tab, Panel, ButtonGroup, or GridLayout. If no container is specified, MATLAB calls the uifigure function to create a new Figure object that serves as the parent container.

`HandleVisibility` — Visibility of object handle
`'on'` (default) | `'callback'` | `'off'`

Visibility of the object handle, specified as 'on', 'callback', or 'off'.

This property controls the visibility of the object in its parent's list of children. When an object is not visible in its parent's list of children, it is not returned by functions that obtain objects by searching the object hierarchy or querying properties. These functions include get, findobj, clf, and close. Objects are valid even if they are not visible. If you can access an object, you can set and get its properties, and pass it to any function that operates on objects.

HandleVisibility Value	Description
`'on'`	The object is always visible.
`'callback'`	The object is visible from within callbacks or functions invoked by callbacks, but not from within functions invoked from the command line. This option blocks access to the object at the command-line, but allows callback functions to access it.
`'off'`	The object is invisible at all times. This option is useful for preventing unintended changes to the UI by another function. Set the `HandleVisibility` to `'off'` to temporarily hide the object during the execution of that function.

Identifiers

`Type` — Type of graphics object
`'uihyperlink'`

This property is read-only.

Type of graphics object, returned as 'uihyperlink'.

`Tag` — Object identifier
`''` (default) | character vector | string scalar

Object identifier, specified as a character vector or string scalar. You can specify a unique Tag value to serve as an identifier for an object. When you need access to the object elsewhere in your code, you can use the findobj function to search for the object based on the Tag value.

`UserData` — User data
`[]` (default) | array

User data, specified as any MATLAB array. For example, you can specify a scalar, vector, matrix, cell array, character array, table, or structure. Use this property to store arbitrary data on an object.

If you are working in App Designer, create public or private properties in the app to share data instead of using the UserData property. For more information, see Share Data Within App Designer Apps.

Examples

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Create Tooltip to Display URL

Create a default hyperlink component.

fig = uifigure;
hlink = uihyperlink(fig);

Change the URL to link to the MathWorks^® home page. Add a tooltip that shows the URL when the app user hovers their pointer over the hyperlink.

hlink.URL = "https://www.mathworks.com";
hlink.Tooltip = hlink.URL;

Hyperlink with text "Hyperlink". A mouse pointer is on the hyperlink, and the tooltip shows the URL of the MathWorks home page.

Resize Hyperlink

Create a default hyperlink.

fig = uifigure;
hlink = uihyperlink(fig);

Change the link text and URL.

hlink.Text = "MathWorks home page";
hlink.URL = "https://www.mathworks.com/"

Hyperlink with clipped text. Only the word "MathWorks" and part of the "h" character are visible.

The link text is clipped because the current size is too small for the new text.

Determine the current link size by getting the third and fourth elements of the Position property value.

size = hlink.Position(3:4)

size =

    70    22

Change the size to accommodate the new text.

hlink.Position(3:4) = [150 22];

Hyperlink with text "MathWorks home page"

Open File on Click

To make a link open a file on the app user's system when clicked, use the file:/// URL scheme.

Create a hyperlink component. Open an HTML file named myfile.html when an app user clicks the hyperlink by setting the URL property. Specify the URL by using the file:/// URL scheme followed by the file location and name.

fig = uifigure;
hlink = uihyperlink(fig);
file = fullfile(pwd,"myfile.html")
hlink.URL = "file:///" + file;

Send Email on Click

To make a link send an email when clicked, use the mailto: URL scheme.

Create a default hyperlink component.

fig = uifigure;
hlink = uihyperlink(fig);

To run this example, replace the value for email with a valid email address.

email = 'myaddress@provider.ext';
hlink.URL = ['mailto:' email];

When the app user clicks on the link, the default mail client opens a new email with the destination field pre-populated with email.

Code Response to Click

Create a hyperlink with a custom effect: it creates a plot as well as opening a URL when the app user clicks it. To do this, create a set of UI axes and a HyperlinkClickedFcn callback that creates a plot in these axes.

Create a file named hyperlinkPlot.m on your MATLAB path that contains the following code. This code creates a window containing a hyperlink and a set of UI axes. When the app user clicks the link, first the app user's browser loads the MATLAB product page, then the HyperlinkClickedFcn callback plots some data.

function hyperlinkPlot
% Create a figure window and UI axes
fig = uifigure;
ax = uiaxes(fig);

% Create a hyperlink
hlink = uihyperlink(fig,...
    "Position",[200 350 70 22], ...
    "Text","MATLAB", ...
    "URL","https://www.mathworks.com/products/matlab.html", ...
    "HyperlinkClickedFcn",@(hlink,event) plotHyperlinkClicked(hlink,ax));
end

% Create the function for the HyperlinkClickedFcn callback
function plotHyperlinkClicked(hlink,ax)
    L = 160*membrane(1,100);
    s = surf(ax,L);
    s.EdgeColor = 'none';
end

Run hyperlinkPlot, then click the link. MATLAB opens the URL, then plots the data.

Hyperlink with the text "MATLAB" above a surface plot

Version History

Introduced in R2021a

Hyperlink

Description

Creation

Properties

Hyperlink

Text — Hyperlink display text 'Hyperlink' (default) | character vector | cell array of character vectors | string scalar | string array | 1-D categorical array

HorizontalAlignment — Horizontal alignment of text 'left' (default) | 'right' | 'center'

VerticalAlignment — Vertical alignment of text 'center' (default) | 'top' | 'bottom'

WordWrap — Word wrapping to fit component width 'off' (default) | on/off logical value

Font and Color

FontName — Font name system supported font name

FontSize — Font size positive number

FontWeight — Font weight 'normal' (default) | 'bold'

FontAngle — Font angle 'normal' (default) | 'italic'

FontColor — Font color [0 0.3984 0.7969] (default) | RGB triplet | hexadecimal color code | 'r' | 'g' | 'b' | ...

VisitedColor — Font color after click [0.5 0 0.5] (default) | RGB triplet | hexadecimal color code | 'r' | 'g' | 'b' | ...

BackgroundColor — Background color 'none' (default) | RGB triplet | hexadecimal color code | 'r' | 'g' | 'b' | ...

Interactivity

URL — Hyperlink URL '' (default) | character vector | string scalar

Visible — State of visibility 'on' (default) | on/off logical value

Enable — Visual appearance of hyperlink 'on' (default) | on/off logical value

Tooltip — Tooltip '' (default) | character vector | cell array of character vectors | string array | 1-D categorical array

ContextMenu — Context menu empty GraphicsPlaceholder array (default) | ContextMenu object

Position

Position — Hyperlink location and size [100 100 70 22] (default) | [left bottom width height]

InnerPosition — Inner location and size of hyperlink [100 100 70 22] (default) | [left bottom width height]

OuterPosition — Outer location and size of hyperlink [100 100 70 22] (default) | [left bottom width height]

Layout — Layout options empty LayoutOptions array (default) | GridLayoutOptions object

Callbacks

HyperlinkClickedFcn — Hyperlink clicked callback '' (default) | function handle | cell array | character vector

CreateFcn — Creation function '' (default) | function handle | cell array | character vector

DeleteFcn — Deletion function '' (default) | function handle | cell array | character vector

Callback Execution Control

Interruptible — Callback interruption 'on' (default) | on/off logical value

BusyAction — Callback queuing 'queue' (default) | 'cancel'

BeingDeleted — Deletion status on/off logical value

Parent/Child

Parent — Parent container Figure object (default) | Panel object | Tab object | ButtonGroup object | GridLayout object

HandleVisibility — Visibility of object handle 'on' (default) | 'callback' | 'off'

Identifiers

Type — Type of graphics object 'uihyperlink'

Tag — Object identifier '' (default) | character vector | string scalar

UserData — User data [] (default) | array

Examples

Create Tooltip to Display URL

Resize Hyperlink

Open File on Click

Send Email on Click

Code Response to Click

Version History

See Also

Functions

Tools

`Text` — Hyperlink display text
`'Hyperlink'` (default) | character vector | cell array of character vectors | string scalar | string array | 1-D categorical array

`HorizontalAlignment` — Horizontal alignment of text
`'left'` (default) | `'right'` | `'center'`

`VerticalAlignment` — Vertical alignment of text
`'center'` (default) | `'top'` | `'bottom'`

`WordWrap` — Word wrapping to fit component width
`'off'` (default) | on/off logical value

`FontName` — Font name
system supported font name

`FontSize` — Font size
positive number

`FontWeight` — Font weight
`'normal'` (default) | `'bold'`

`FontAngle` — Font angle
`'normal'` (default) | `'italic'`

`FontColor` — Font color
`[0 0.3984 0.7969]` (default) | RGB triplet | hexadecimal color code | `'r'` | `'g'` | `'b'` | ...

`VisitedColor` — Font color after click
`[0.5 0 0.5]` (default) | RGB triplet | hexadecimal color code | `'r'` | `'g'` | `'b'` | ...

`BackgroundColor` — Background color
`'none'` (default) | RGB triplet | hexadecimal color code | `'r'` | `'g'` | `'b'` | ...

`URL` — Hyperlink URL
`''` (default) | character vector | string scalar

`Visible` — State of visibility
`'on'` (default) | on/off logical value

`Enable` — Visual appearance of hyperlink
`'on'` (default) | on/off logical value

`Tooltip` — Tooltip
`''` (default) | character vector | cell array of character vectors | string array | 1-D categorical array

`ContextMenu` — Context menu
empty `GraphicsPlaceholder` array (default) | `ContextMenu` object

`Position` — Hyperlink location and size
`[100 100 70 22]` (default) | `[left bottom width height]`

`InnerPosition` — Inner location and size of hyperlink
`[100 100 70 22]` (default) | `[left bottom width height]`

`OuterPosition` — Outer location and size of hyperlink
`[100 100 70 22]` (default) | `[left bottom width height]`

`Layout` — Layout options
empty `LayoutOptions` array (default) | `GridLayoutOptions` object

`HyperlinkClickedFcn` — Hyperlink clicked callback
`''` (default) | function handle | cell array | character vector

`CreateFcn` — Creation function
`''` (default) | function handle | cell array | character vector

`DeleteFcn` — Deletion function
`''` (default) | function handle | cell array | character vector

`Interruptible` — Callback interruption
`'on'` (default) | on/off logical value

`BusyAction` — Callback queuing
`'queue'` (default) | `'cancel'`

`BeingDeleted` — Deletion status
on/off logical value

`Parent` — Parent container
`Figure` object (default) | `Panel` object | `Tab` object | `ButtonGroup` object | `GridLayout` object

`HandleVisibility` — Visibility of object handle
`'on'` (default) | `'callback'` | `'off'`

`Type` — Type of graphics object
`'uihyperlink'`

`Tag` — Object identifier
`''` (default) | character vector | string scalar

`UserData` — User data
`[]` (default) | array