wxPython | DeleteToolByPos() function in wx.ToolBar

In this article we are going to learn about DeleteToolByPos() function of wx.ToolBar class of wxPython. DeleteToolByPos() removes the specified tool from the toolbar and deletes it. Only difference between DeleteTool() and DeleteToolByPos() function is that DeleteToolByPos() specifies tool by its index.

Syntax : wx.toolbar.DeleteToolByPos(self, pos) 

Returns: True if the tool was deleted, False otherwise. 

Parameter :

Parameter	Input Type	Description
pos	int	position of tool starting from 0.

Example:

Python3

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()
        self.ptool = self.toolbar.AddTool(12,
                                          'oneTool',
                                          wx.Bitmap('path / wxPython / right.png'),
                                          shortHelp ="Simple Tool")

        self.ptool = self.toolbar.AddTool(13,
                                          'oneTool',
                                          wx.Bitmap('path / wxPython / wrong.png'),
                                          shortHelp ="Simple Tool")

        self.btn = wx.Button(pnl,
                             label ='Delete',
                             pos =(20, 20))

        self.btn.Bind(wx.EVT_BUTTON, self.Onclick)
        self.toolbar.Realize()
        self.SetSize((350, 250))
        self.SetTitle('Control')
        self.Centre()

    def Onclick(self, e):
        # delete tool using DeleteToolByPos() function
        self.toolbar.DeleteToolByPos(0)


def main():

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


if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

Output : On Starting Application :

On button clicked: