In this article we are going to learn about GetBitmap() function associated with wx.MenuItem class of wxPython. GetBitmap() function simply returns the checked or unchecked bitmap. It takes a single bool type parameter which is True for check and False for unchecked.
Syntax: wx.MenuItem.GetBitmap(self, checked=True)
Parameters:
Parameter Input Type Description checked bool True for check and False for unchecked. Return Type: wx.Bitmap
Code Example :
import wx
class Example(wx.Frame):
def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
super(Example, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
self.InitUI()
def InitUI(self):
self.locale = wx.Locale(wx.LANGUAGE_ENGLISH)
self.menubar = wx.MenuBar()
self.fileMenu = wx.Menu()
self.item = wx.MenuItem(self.fileMenu, 1, '&Check')
self.item.SetBitmap(wx.Bitmap('right.png'))
self.fileMenu.Append(self.item)
# get bitmap from menuitem
bmp = self.item.GetBitmap(checked = True)
# show static bitmap in frame
self.sbmp = wx.StaticBitmap(self, id = 3, bitmap = bmp, pos =(20, 20),
size =(32, 32), style = 0, name ="static")
self.menubar.Append(self.fileMenu, '&File')
self.SetMenuBar(self.menubar)
self.SetSize((350, 250))
self.SetTitle('Icons and shortcuts')
self.Centre()
def main():
app = wx.App()
ex = Example(None)
ex.Show()
app.MainLoop()
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()
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