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Matthieu
Matthieu on 18 Jan 2024
Commented: Matthieu on 18 Jan 2024
Hello,
I I am searching way to lauch quickly a m script while I am editing another m file.
The tpyical situation is when I am working on a subfunction sub_fct_1.m and I need to relaunch quickly the main.m script.
Is there a way to do that by adding an icon launching 'main.m' on the Quick Access Toolbar ?
or adding a button in a ribbon, to launch 'main.m' ?
or pressing a keyboard shorcut to lauch the main.m script ?
or having app that somehow do that ? (because I have seen that we can place app icon in the Quick Access Toolbar...)
or using an external program to catch a keyboard shorcut then launching via a command line the 'main.m' BUT without opening a new Matlab instance.
All ideas are welcome!

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Ramtej
Ramtej on 18 Jan 2024
Hi Matthieu,
You can create a custom shortcut in MATLAB to run your "main.m" script as shown below
  1. Go to the MATLAB "Home" tab.
  2. In the Code section, click on Favorites > New Favorite.
  3. Enter a label for your Favorite command, such as "Run Main".
  4. In the code section, type "run('path_to_your_script/main.m')".
  5. Choose an appropriate icon for the favorite.
  6. Make sure to click "Add to quick access toolbar" and save.
Now you can run the "main.m" file by clicking on your chosen icon in the quick access toolbar. This is one of the possible workaround.
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Matthieu
Matthieu on 18 Jan 2024
Excellent !! Exactly what was needed !!
Thanks a lot !

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