App Designer component generated by code not displaying

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Bob 2025-12-9，1:37

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As a simple example, the expected label from the code below does not display. This is my first attempt to generate a component by code. Also first question to the forum. What am I missing?

methods (Access = private)
        function startupFcn(app)
            % Display a label as a simple example
            lbl = uilabel(app.UIFigure);
            lbl.Text = 'Hello, this is a label!';
            lbl.Position = [100 300 200 30];   % [x y width height]
            lbl.FontSize = 14;
            lbl.FontColor = [0 0 1];           % Blue text
            lbl = uilabel(app.Panel);
            lbl.Text = 'Label inside a panel';
            lbl.Position = [20 50 150 22];
        end
    end

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Matt J 2025-12-9，13:20

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编辑：Matt J 2025-12-9，15:32

It is conspicuous to me that you are complaining about missing labels, but not about the missing uipanel!. Did you pre-populate the canvas with one? Assuming you did (and that it is named 'Panel') then there's nothing wrong with the code you have shown. Here is what your code gives me.

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Bob 2025-12-9，23:29

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I think your point leads to myself not knowing some fundamental step. If I run the first code in Matlab, I see a label appear. If I run the second code in App Designer, I do not see a label. I must be missing something very basic. My first attempt at creating a component using self written code in App Designer. Dragging components over and letting App Designer write most of the supporting code works fine.

% This create a label if run in Matlab
lbl = uilabel;
lbl.Text = 'Hello, this is a label!';
lbl.Position = [100 300 200 30];   
lbl.FontSize = 14;
lbl.FontColor = [0 0 1];          

% This does not create a label when added to the default code provided
% when you create a new blank app within App Designer
methods (Access = private)
   function startupFcn(app)
        lbl = uilabel(app.UIFigure); % Note 'app.UIFigure' in this case
        lbl.Text = 'Hello, this is a label!';
        lbl.Position = [100 300 200 30];   
        lbl.FontSize = 14;
        lbl.FontColor = [0 0 1];           
   end
end

Bob 2025-12-10，0:20

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Sorry for not intially sharing more of the code. My steps were open a new app, choose a blank app, choose to add a function, and within the methods declarations then add the startupFcn .

classdef app1 < matlab.apps.AppBase
    % Properties that correspond to app components
    properties (Access = public)
        UIFigure  matlab.ui.Figure
    end
    methods (Access = private)
    % I ADDED FROM HERE...
        % This does not create a label when added to the default code provided
        % when you create a new blank app within App Designer
        function startupFcn(app)
            lbl = uilabel(app.UIFigure); % Note 'app.UIFigure' in this case
            lbl.Text = 'Hello, this is a label!';
            lbl.Position = [100 300 200 30];
            lbl.FontSize = 14;
            lbl.FontColor = [0 0 1];
        end
     % TO HERE....
    end
    % Component initialization
    methods (Access = private)
        % Create UIFigure and components
        function createComponents(app)
            % Create UIFigure and hide until all components are created
            app.UIFigure = uifigure('Visible', 'off');
            app.UIFigure.Position = [100 100 640 480];
            app.UIFigure.Name = 'MATLAB App';
            % Show the figure after all components are created
            app.UIFigure.Visible = 'on';
        end
    end
    % App creation and deletion
    methods (Access = public)
        % Construct app
        function app = app1
            % Create UIFigure and components
            createComponents(app)
            % Register the app with App Designer
            registerApp(app, app.UIFigure)
            if nargout == 0
                clear app
            end
        end
        % Code that executes before app deletion
        function delete(app)
            % Delete UIFigure when app is deleted
            delete(app.UIFigure)
        end
    end
end

Bob 2025-12-10，0:36

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I just now added a panel by sliding one over from the component library, App Designer automatically added the corresponding code, then attemped to display the label in the panel. Still no label. Can it be the code?, or some setting or option not initiated?

classdef app1 < matlab.apps.AppBase
    % Properties that correspond to app components
    properties (Access = public)
        UIFigure  matlab.ui.Figure
        Panel     matlab.ui.container.Panel
    end
    methods (Access = private)
        % This does not create a label when added to the default code provided
        % when you create a new blank app within App Designer
        function startupFcn(app)
            lbl = uilabel(app.UIFigure); % Note 'app.UIFigure' in this case
            lbl.Text = 'Hello, this is a label!';
            lbl.Position = [100 300 200 30];
            lbl.FontSize = 14;
            lbl.FontColor = [0 0 1];
%%%%% App Designer inserted the Panel under properties, then i added this
% No luck
            lbl=unlabel(app.Panel);
            lbl.Text = 'Label in panel';
            lbl.Position = [20 50 150 22];
        end
    end

Bob 2025-12-10，1:58

Perfect! I very much appreciate your insights. Never would I have figured that out!

Bob

Matt J 2025-12-10，2:12

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