Undocumented Secrets of MATLAB-Java Programming

233Uitools

statusbarTxt.setForeground(java.awt.Color.red);

set(statusbarTxt,'Background','yellow');

set(statusbarTxt,'Background',[1,1,0]); % an alternative. . .

A colored status bar with no corner grip

Note that the status bar is not an HG object, and cannot be accessed via ndobj, ndall, or the

gure’s HG hierarchy. Similarly, clf does not delete the status bar. In short, it is not a regular

MATLAB handle.

Also, note that the status bar is 20 pixels high across the entire bottom of the gure. It hides

everything between pixel heights 0–20, even parts of uicontrols, regardless of which was cre-

ated rst or the relative ComponentZOrder in the f