Set Command Window Preferences
You can customize the visual display of the Command Window and command output within it.
On the Home tab, in the Environment section, click
Preferences. Select MATLAB > Command Window, and then adjust preference options as described in the following
table.
Some Command Window preferences are not available in MATLAB® Online™.
| Preference | Usage |
|---|---|
| Text display | Select a Numeric format option to specify the output format of numeric values in the Command Window. For details, see Format Floating-Point Numbers. |
Select a Line spacing option to specify
whether blank lines appear in Command Window output. To suppress
blank lines, select | |
| Datetime format | Select a Locale option to specify the
default input locale of the |
Select a Default date and time format
option to specify the default format of the
| |
Select a Default date-only format option
to specify the default date format of the
| |
| Display | Select Wrap lines to make each line of input or output in the Command Window break into multiple lines to fit within the current width of the Command Window. For details, see Wrap Lines of Code to Fit Window Width. |
Select Set matrix display width to eighty columns to limit the width of matrix output. Note If you also select Wrap lines, and the width of the Command Window is fewer than 80 characters, each row of 80 characters of matrix output wraps to fit within the width of the Command Window. | |
Select Show getting started message bar to display the Command Window message bar that provides links to introductory information.
| |
Select Show function browser button to
display the Function Browser button | |
Select Suggest corrections for mistyped functions and variables to display suggestions in the Command Window. If you enter an undefined function, variable name, or MATLAB operator, MATLAB displays: Did you mean: followed by a suggested command at the command line. You can press Enter to execute that command, or Esc to delete the suggestion. | |
Number of lines in command window scroll buffer specifies the maximum number of lines displayed in the Command Window. A larger scroll buffer provides a larger base for search features, but requires more memory. By default, the scroll buffer is set to 5,000 lines. The scroll buffer size does not impact the number of lines you can recall. By default, you can use the up arrow key ↑ to recall all lines shown in the Command History window, regardless of how many lines you can see in the Command Window. | |
| Tab key | Tab size specifies the number of spaces assigned to the tab key. Note This setting does not apply if you have enabled tab completion for the Command Window or Editor. To enable or disabled tab completion, on the Home tab, select Preferences > Keyboard. |
In MATLAB Online, to have MATLAB suggest and complete names automatically when you type the first few characters of the name in the Command Window, in the Suggestions and completions section, select Show Automatically. To have MATLAB suggest and complete names only after you press the Tab key, select Show on tab.