Why does "msgbox" add extra space?

I have a subroutine that reports avg and std values for up to 12 regions of interest in a single "msgbox" dialog. What I've noticed is that for multiple lines of text input to "msgbox", the figure adds extra space above the text area, which makes it look pretty ridiculous:

Any idea why the heck it does that?

[Arthur]

Can you show use the code?

Answer 1

[Jan]

While it does not answer your question, I want to mention that a msgbox might be a bad choice to display this text. You can create a more appropriate dialog using a listbox with scrolling.

[Ana]

Is there actually any answer to the question? I am experiencing the same problem. "listbox" doesn't appear as a Matlab command...I have tried using listdlg, and it kind of solves the problem (I can remove the "Select all" option but I would also like Cancel not to be an option, that is why in the beginning I was using msgbox). Any help will be appreciated.

Ana

[nl2605]

He means a listbox in guide.

[Ana]

Oh, ok..! But for this you should create a .fig in guide and call a different gui from your gui, right? Isn't there a more straightforward way?

[Jan]

I avoid working with GUIDE. You can create the required code manually also:

FigH     = figure('Menubar', 'none');
ListBoxH = uicontrol(FigH, 'Style', 'listbox', ...
                     'Units', 'Normalized', 'Position', [0,0,1,1], ...
                     'String', {'Yout text', 'E.g. split by TEXTWRAP()'})

[Ana]

Ok..! Thanks!