wxPython – check items inside Menu

In this article we are going to learn about check menu item inside Menu in Menubars. We will write a code to show and hide statusbar using Check() function.

Parameters :

Parameter	Input Type	Description
id	int	The menu item identifier.
check	bool	If True, the item will be checked, otherwise it will be unchecked.

Code :

import wx


class Example(wx.Frame):

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

        self.InitUI()

    def InitUI(self):

        menubar = wx.MenuBar()
        viewMenu = wx.Menu()

        self.showsb = viewMenu.Append(wx.ID_ANY, 'Show statusbar',
                                                 'Show Statusbar',
                                            kind = wx.ITEM_CHECK)

        viewMenu.Check(self.showsb.GetId(), True)

        self.Bind(wx.EVT_MENU, self.shStatusBar, self.showsb)

        menubar.Append(viewMenu, '&View')
        self.SetMenuBar(menubar)

        self.statusbar = self.CreateStatusBar()
        self.statusbar.SetStatusText('This is statusbar')

        self.SetSize((450, 350))
        self.SetTitle('Check menu item')
        self.Centre()


    def shStatusBar(self, e):

        if self.showsb.IsChecked():
            self.statusbar.Show()
        else:
            self.statusbar.Hide()

def main():

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


if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

Output :

checked :

unchecked :