2016b variables not displayed as spreadsheet

Hi,

I have recently upgraded to MatLab 2016b and now when I open a variable it opens as a text style view rather than a spreadsheet that I can edit (See screenshot)? I would be grateful to know how to change this back to spreadsheet view.

Thanks

[Lawrence]

Same here. Mac OS X 10.11. Downgraded to 2015b because I find the variable viewer so useful.

[Walter Roberson]

How are you requesting to view the variable?

On OS-X El Capitan with R2016b, if I use openvar('A') to view variable A, then I get the spreadsheet view.

[Neel Savani]

am using macOS Sierra with R2016b. I tried openvar('A'). I also continue to get text style viewer... very annoying. I might also downgrade to 2015b, if i don't find a solution soon.

[Walter Roberson]

I just tested in Sierra with R2016b and I do not observe this.

Time to get more obscure:

If you are using Sierra, did you either install the R2016b patch for Sierra or else download after the patch started being built-in (about a month after Sierra was released) ?

Regardless of whether you are using El Capitan or Sierra, what shows up for

getenv('LANG')

?

Answer 1

[Sangeetha Jayaprakash]

Try running these commands on the MATLAB Command Window, and then restart MATLAB:

>> restoredefaultpath
>> savepath

Also, are you remote logging into the MAC machine?

[Neel Savani]

why would setting the path to my code back to factory settings help with a variable viewer?

[Steven Lord]

Resetting the path to the default will eliminate any functions you (or a function you ran) has added to the path that may be shadowing a MathWorks-written function used by the variable viewer.

If trying that doesn't resolve the problem, please contact Technical Support (using the Contact Us link in the upper-right corner of this page) and work with them to determine the cause of this behavior.