Phy3hogga / Waitbar

Configurable multi-stage function which displays progress within multiple nested loops for Matlab.

Configurable Multi-Stage Waitbar for Matlab

Fully configuarble waitbar for matlab which allows multiple progress bars to be simultaneously shown with respective labels and colour association.

This code was originally written for Matlab R2018A.

Example

Example use of Multiple_Wait_Bar.m as seen in Test_Wait_Bar.m ; where three seperate progressbars are simultaneously displayed and update as each of the three nested loops are iterated through.

Note the use of the multiple-wait bar once per-iteration cycle instead of updating the figure once per each individual change in value for each bar. This is done to reduce the overhead time in re-drawing the waitbar figure.

%Set progressbar titles
Progress(1).Title = 'i';
Progress(2).Title = 'j';
Progress(3).Title = 'k';
%Set progressbar colours
Progress(1).Colour = 'r';
Progress(2).Colour = 'g';
Progress(3).Colour = 'b';
%Create progressbar figure
Progress_Figure = Multiple_Wait_Bar(Progress);
%Loop through all 3 progressbars
for i = 0:0.2:1
    Progress(1).Progress = i;
    for j = 0:0.2:1
        Progress(2).Progress = j;
        for k = 0:0.1:1
            Progress(3).Progress = k;
            Progress_Figure = Multiple_Wait_Bar(Progress, Progress_Figure);
        end
    end
end

Normalised_Array.m only serves the purpose of scaling the progressbar values to ensure the input values are within a valid range (0-1).

Each individual bar has a Progress, Title and Colour associated with it, where x denotes each individual bar.

Progress(x).Progress relates to the display of each individual progress bar. Progress values should be within the interval 0 (empty) to 1 (full). Progress(x).Title relates to the text associated with each individual progress bar. Progress(x).Colour relates to the colour specification of each individual progress bar.

Built With

• Matlab R2018A - Matlab 2018A IDE

Contributing

This code is considered finished and will not be actively maintained.

Authors

• Alex Hogg - Initial work - Phy3hogga