Python – FindMenu() functionin wx.MenuBar

In this article we are going to learn about FindMenu() function in wx.MenuBar class of wxPython. FindMenu() function returns the index/position of the menu item. FindMenu() function takes only one argument that is name of menu item.

Syntax :

wx.MenuBar.FindMenu(self, title)

Parameter:

Parameter	Input Type	Description
title	string	title of menuitem.

Return Type :

int

Code Example :

import wx


class Example(wx.Frame):

    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
        super(Example, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)

        self.InitUI()

    def InitUI(self):

        # create MenuBar using MenuBar() function
        menubar = wx.MenuBar()

        # menu for menuitem
        fm1 = wx.Menu()
        fm2 = wx.Menu()
        fm3 = wx.Menu()

        menubar.Append(fm1, '&Menu# 1')
        menubar.Append(fm2, '&Menu# 2')
        menubar.Append(fm3, '&Menu# 3')

        self.SetMenuBar(menubar)
        self.SetSize((300, 200))
        self.SetTitle('Menu Bar')

        # get index of menuitem using FindMenu function
        index = menubar.FindMenu("&Menu# 3")
        print(index)

def main():

    app = wx.App()
    ex = Example(None)
    ex.Show()
    app.MainLoop()


if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

Output :
1. Window output:

2. print output

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