How do I change the color of the bar in a WAITBAR in MATLAB 7.5 (R2007b)?

I want to know how I can use another color than red on the bar in my WAITBAR figure.

h=waitbar(0, 'Please wait...')

for i=1:1000

     waitbar(i/1000)

end

close(h)

Answer 1

[MathWorks Support Team]

The “bar” in the WAITBAR figure is a patch object. Use the FINDOBJ function to find the patch handle. For more information about FINDOBJ, see the documentation:

 doc findobj

 or

 web([docroot '/techdoc/ref/findobj.html'])

 or

 <http://www.mathworks.com/access/helpdesk/help/techdoc/ref/findobj.html>

To change the color of the patch you need to change its properties ‘EdgeColor’ and ‘FaceColor’. The example below describes how to do that:

h=waitbar(0, 'Please wait...');

hw=findobj(h,'Type','Patch');

set(hw,'EdgeColor',[0 1 0],'FaceColor',[0 1 0]) % changes the color to green

for i=1:1000

    waitbar(i/1000)

end

close(h)

For more information about PATCH properties see the documentation:

 web([docroot '/techdoc/ref/patch_props.html'])

 or

 <http://www.mathworks.com/access/helpdesk/help/techdoc/ref/patch_props.html>

[Adam Danz]

See this answer

https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/293374-waitbar-color-2016a-is-broken-red-how-to-set-to-older-continuous-green#answer_227433