Placing UIPanel on Figure in OpeningFcn

Hello, I am trying to create an uipanel on a figure during the OpeningFcn using the following line:

bp = uipanel('Units','pixels','Position','[8 41 490 500],'Tag','BackgroundPanel','BorderType','none');

The Panel is created but it's placed on the calling figure. I tried several Parent settings but so far haven't come up with something working so the Panel is on the opening figure.

Can anybody help me with this please?

Best regards, Michael

[Adam]

It would be more useful to show a version with the parent that you tried that didn't work. The above attempt certainly doesn't specify a parent and will end up in the wrong place if you open this figure from another figure.

Trying the obvious parent, as in Jan's answer works fine for me in a figure that is not launched from another, but should equally work fine however it is launched.

Answer 1

[Jan]

Inside the OpeningFcn:

bp = uipanel('Units','pixels','Position','[8 41 490 500], ...
             'Tag','BackgroundPanel','BorderType','none', ...
             'Parent', hObject);

This seems to be the most obvious parent. What did you try?

[Michael Critchfield]

Thanks for that Jan Simon! I don't know what I have typed before as I thought I had tried this but it works fine now!!