How can I change the preferences for the variable editor?

When I open a variable in the Matlab 2016b release, instead of opening for editing the variable is displayed as a printed version. I cannot find a way to open the variable in the variable editor. This has not happened with other versions. It does not happen in 2016a that is simultaneously running on my system. How do change the preferences so that variables are opened as in other versions?

[Jan]

Where do you "open a variable"? It is easier to answer a question, when I do not have top guess the most important detail.

[David M. Berg]

If I double-click on a variable in the work space. Also if I right-click on a variable in the work space and select open.

[Gowtham Uma M Jaganathan]

Try opening the Variable Editor using "openvar" function and see if the behavior exists? For example:

>> openvar('variableName') % Do not forget the single quotes around the variable name.

Also, please note that if you open the Variable Editor when a script is in execution (either using the debugger or using functions such as "pause"), you will not be able to edit the variables.

If this does not work. Please try contacting MathWorks Technical Support .