Hi Swapna,
In MATLAB App Designer, using "pause" can block key press events because it halts code execution and UI interaction. Here's how to address this issue:
- Replace "pause()" with a loop that checks for key presses while updating the plot.
- Use "drawnow" to process UI events and keep the interface responsive. Here's a simple implementation:
function plotWithKeyPressHandling(app)
% Plot some data
x = 1:10;
y = rand(1, 10);
plot(app.UIAxes, x, y, 'o');
% Responsive loop for key press handling
duration = 10; % Duration in seconds
startTime = tic; % Start timer
while toc(startTime) < duration
drawnow; % Process events, including key presses
end
end
- Ensure "WindowKeyPressFcn" is set for the " UIFigure" to capture key events.
Kindly refer to the following documentation links for more information:
- drawnow: https://mathworks.com/help/releases/R2021b/matlab/ref/drawnow.html
- pause: https://mathworks.com/help/releases/R2021b/matlab/ref/pause.html
Hope this helps!
