wxPython – GetItemHelpText() function in wx.RadioBox

In this article we are going to learn about GetItemHelpText() function associated with wx.RadioBox class of wxPython. GetItemHelpText() function is simply used to return the helptext associated with the specified item if any or “” . It takes item index as a parameter.

Syntax: wx.RadioBox.GetItemHelpText(self, item) Parameters:

Parameter	Input Type	Description
item	int	The zero-based item index.

Return Type: string

Code Example:

Python3

import wx


class FrameUI(wx.Frame):

    def __init__(self, parent, title):
        super(FrameUI, self).__init__(parent, title = title, size =(300, 200))

        # function for in-frame components
        self.InitUI()

    def InitUI(self):
        # parent panel for radio box
        pnl = wx.Panel(self)

        # list of choices
        lblList = ['Radio One', 'Radio Two']

        # create radio box containing above list
        self.rbox = wx.RadioBox(pnl, label ='RadioBox', pos =(80, 10), choices = lblList,
                                         majorDimension = 1, style = wx.RA_SPECIFY_COLS)

        # set help for item index 1
        self.rbox.SetItemHelpText(1, "Second Item")

        # print help text associated with item index 1
        print (self.rbox.GetItemHelpText(1))


        # set frame in centre
        self.Centre()
        # set size of frame
        self.SetSize((400, 250))
        # show output frame
        self.Show(True)


# wx App instance
ex = wx.App()
# Example instance
FrameUI(None, 'RadioButton and RadioBox')
ex.MainLoop()

Console Output:

Second Item

Output Window: