wxPython – AddControl() method in wx.ToolBar

In this article we are going to learn about AddControl() function in wx.ToolBar class in wxPython. AddControl() creates a control in toolbar. A Control is generally a small window which processes user input and/or displays one or more item of data.

Syntax :

wx.ToolBar.AddControl(self, control, label="")

Parameters :

Parameter	Input Type	Description
control	wx.Control	The control to be added.
label	string	Text to be displayed near the control.

Return Type : wx.ToolBarToolBase

Code Example :

import wx


class Example(wx.Frame):
    global count
    count = 0;
    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
        super(Example, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)

        self.InitUI()

    def InitUI(self):
        pnl = wx.Panel(self)
        self.toolbar = self.CreateToolBar()

        ctrl = wx.Control(self.toolbar, 21,
                          wx.DefaultPosition,
                          wx.DefaultSize,
                          style = 0,
                          name = 'control')

        qtool = self.toolbar.AddTool(12, 'Quit',
                  wx.Bitmap('/home/wxPython/right.png'))

        # Add control using AddControl() method
        rtool = self.toolbar.AddControl(ctrl, 'control')
        self.toolbar.Realize()
        self.SetSize((350, 250))
        self.SetTitle('Simple toolbar')
        self.Centre()



def main():

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


if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

Output :