Issue with the GUI Layout Toolbox

guilayoutbug.m

%% --- Main function
function [] = guilayoutbug()
%[
    fig = buildFigure();
    updatePreviews(fig);
%]
end

%% --- Interface building
function [fig] = buildFigure()
%[
    % Create/Clear figure
    fig = figure(666); clf(fig);
    data = guidata(fig);
    
    % Create main layout (i.e. A toolbar and a preview area)
    mainLayout = uiextras.Grid('Parent', fig);
    toolbar = uiextras.Grid('Parent', mainLayout, 'Spacing', 5);
    previews = uiextras.CardPanel('Parent', mainLayout);        
    set(mainLayout, 'RowSizes', [25 -1]);
    
    % Feed the toolbar area with controls
    data.handles.cbPreviewSelector = uicontrol('Parent', toolbar, 'Style', 'Popup', 'String', { 'Preview 1', 'Preview 2'}, 'callback', @(sender, args)onPreviewChanged(fig));
    data.handles.cbDo3DPlot = uicontrol('Parent', toolbar, 'Style', 'CheckBox', 'String', 'Do 3D plot in preview 1', 'callback', @(sender, args)onPreviewChanged(fig));
    uiextras.Empty('Parent', toolbar);
    set(toolbar, 'ColumnSizes', [120 160 -1]);
    
    % Feed first preview card (i.e. A single axis to plot things in 3D)
    wrapper = uipanel('Parent', previews, 'BorderType', 'None');
    data.handles.axes3D = axes('Parent', wrapper);
    
    % Feed second preview card (i.e. A single axis to plot things in 1D)
    wrapper = uipanel('Parent', previews, 'BorderType', 'None');
    data.handles.axes1D = axes('Parent', wrapper);    
    
    % Save figure data
    data.handles.cpPreviewCards = previews;
    guidata(fig, data);
%]
end

%% --- Events handler
function [] = onPreviewChanged(fig)
%[
    updatePreviews(fig);
%]
end

%% --- Updates
function [] = updatePreviews(fig)
%[
    % Get back data
    data = guidata(fig);
    
    % Update previews
    idx = get(data.handles.cbPreviewSelector, 'Value');
    do3DPlot = get(data.handles.cbDo3DPlot, 'Value');
    
    data.handles.cpPreviewCards.SelectedChild = idx;    
    switch(idx)
        case 1, updatePreview1(fig, data.handles.axes3D, do3DPlot);
        case 2, updatePreview2(fig, data.handles.axes1D);
    end
%]
end
function [] = updatePreview1(fig, ax, do3DPlot)
%[
    set(0, 'CurrentFigure', fig);    
    set(fig, 'CurrentAxes', ax);
    
    cla 'reset';    
    
    if (do3DPlot)
        surf(peaks);
    else
       plot(rand(1,12));
    end
    shading flat;
      
    xlabel('x');
    ylabel('y');
    title('3D');    
%]
end
function [] = updatePreview2(fig, ax)
%[
    set(0, 'CurrentFigure', fig);   
    set(fig, 'CurrentAxes', ax);
    
    cla 'reset';
    
    plot(rand(1, 12));
    xlabel('n');
    ylabel('m');
    title('Cut');       
%]
end

See http://stackoverflow.com/q/25727765/684399 for details.