Fast way to edit uitable cell?

Hi - i'm trying to edit a particular cell within a uitable whenever the user edits a different cell within uitable. My code looks like this

function editcell(varargin)

Entered = varargin{2};
S = varargin{3};

%Gets the row / col that the comment was entered in on
currow = Entered.Indices(1);
curcol = Entered.Indices(2);

%If you're entering in information into the comments area...
if curcol ==20
    %Puts the usersID next to the comment
    tempdata = get(S.table,'Data');
    tempdata{currow,curcol} = Entered.EditData;

      if isempty(Entered.EditData)
          tempdata{currow,21} = '';
      else
          tempdata{currow,21} = getuserID;
      end

elseif curcol ==22
    %Puts the usersID next to the comment
    tempdata = get(S.table,'Data');
    tempdata{currow,curcol} = Entered.EditData;

      if isempty(Entered.EditData)
          tempdata{currow,23} = '';
      else
          tempdata{currow,23} = getuserID; 
      end
  end

set(S.table,'Data',tempdata)

end

my problem is that

set(S.table,'Data',tempdata)

and

get(S.table,'Data')

cost a lot of time. Any ideas on how to edit the cell directly?

Answer 1

[Jan]

There is a faster method using Java, but it is not convenient. Take a look on UndocumentedMatlab.com.

I suggest to send a message to the technical support and ask for much more powerful UITABLE and UITREE functions. There is an important demand to create GUIs with a high usability. And the reduced functionality of MATLAB's GUI elements is not state of the art. The more enhancement requests TMW gets, the more likely is it, that they consider the needs.

[Darin McCoy]

ha - i have :)