Create radiobutton without button group

I would like to create radio buttons without a button group, align them myself by assigned them to a layout as their parent, and implement a simple toggle function for all radio buttons within a ButtonPushed callback (same for all buttons).

However, when I call uiradiobutton(), MATLAB only accepts ButtonGroups as parent handle.

>> uiradiobutton(uifigure())
Error using uiradiobutton
'Parent' value must be specified as a ButtonGroup object.

Why does MATLAB not allow me to use a uilayout or a uifigure object as parent of a radio button?

Answer 1

[Voss]

I don't know why a radio button's parent must be a button group, but you can set the button group's BorderType to 'none', so that the radiobutton(s) appear to be contained directly in the button group's parent container.

[Florian Berzsenyi]

yes, I could do that. I would like to arrange the radio buttons horizontally (left-right), and I am not able to find a property in button group that does modify the arrangement.

[Voss]

I am also unable to find such a property listed in the documentation.