matlab code analyzer produces empty tooltips

Question

I\'m running MATLAB (R2013b) on Ubuntu (results of ver command are pasted below).

I\'ve just started working with this system, and I\'ve realized that codin

Answer 1

I had the same problem and solved it without disabling Unity.

Solution:

-open matlab

-go to Preferences->colors

-uncheck "use system colors" for desktop tool colors

-Apply

Now you should see text.

It seems likely that the problem is due to one of 3 scenarios:

1) The relevant default colors in Unity are grey text ion grey background.

2) Matlab Doesn't manage to read the default relevant colors from Unity

3) there is a bug in matlab where it not just greys out the color controls in the GUI but actually greys out the underlying colors.