How can I disable all of the objects in a "uibuttongroup" or "uipanel" at the same time?

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I would like to disable all of the objects located inside one of the container objects (uibuttongroup and uipanel). Is there a property of the container that does this?

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MathWorks Support Team
MathWorks Support Team on 10 Dec 2021
Edited: MathWorks Support Team on 3 Mar 2025
As of R2020b onwards, both "uibuttongroup" and "uipanel" components support the Enable property when they are parented to a "uifigure". Refer to the ButtonGroup documentation to learn more about this. 
For releases before R2020b:
The container objects do not have a property that can disable all of its children. However, you can obtain the container's children, and then modify their Enable properties with a single command:
% Here 'c' is the handle to a container object children = get(c,'Children'); set(children,'Enable','inactive');
 

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Eric Sargent
Eric Sargent on 9 Dec 2020
Edited: MathWorks Support Team on 6 Dec 2024
As of R2020b ButtonGroup and Panel both support Enable when the button group or panel is parented to a uifigure.

Wagih Abu Rowin
Wagih Abu Rowin on 25 Oct 2020
For Matlab App Designer 2018 and up you should use 'Enable','off' as:
% Here app.UIFigure is the main handel or container object
children = get(app.UIFigure,'Children');
set(children(isprop(children,'Enable')),'Enable','off')

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