Displaying multiple lines in MATLAB GUIDE text edit box

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Hello! I am trying to create a GUI using Matlab's GUIDE feature, and I want to display the file paths of folders that users choose for processing. I have a callback function on a "browse folders" button. The "selected_directory" handles represents the text box I want to print to, while the "browse_files_btn" is the handle for the button that executes the code below.
When the user hits the button, a file explorer appears, and I want it to display all the user-selected files, each on a new line.
Here is what I have so far, but this throws the following error:
"Warning: Single line Edit Controls can not have multi-line text"
I have seen answers to this question in the App Designer, but I am using GUIDE instead, so those don't apply. Can anyone help?
function browse_files_btn_Callback(hObject, eventdata, handles)
filename = uigetfile('*.txt','Select Relevant Files','MultiSelect','on')
numfiles = length(filename)
for i = 1:numfiles
set(handles.selected_directory, 'String', filename)
end
end

Answers (1)

Rik
Rik on 28 Jul 2021
You need to make sure the max property is set to a large enough value, and that the uicontrol type supports multiple lines.

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