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Can you keep a Matlab GUI from jumping to foreground when updated

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Quick question:
I have a timer that updates a GUI every 5 min. When I write the new data to the GUI, can I do it in a way that the GUI does not jump to the foregound or un-minimize?
Thanks, Adam
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Jan
Jan on 13 Feb 2013
I agree with Sean: It is not the timer function in general, whose is stealing the focus, but a specific command. It is not trivial to locate this command using the debugger, because stepping through the code line by line steals the focus already by activating the editor. But inserting some dummy disp() lines can reveal the responsible command.
Adam
Adam on 13 Mar 2013
Sorry it took so long to get back to this code, however I finally tracked it down to the outside function doing a handles = guidata(gui_name) call so that disp/edit windows can be updated directly. This is the call that forces the GUI to POP to the top. I am not sure if the set calls would also force the GUI to pop however, I will continue my testing.

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Image Analyst
Image Analyst on 13 Feb 2013
For what it's worth: search on stealing focus

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