wxPython – GetMarginWidth(0 function in wx.MenuItem

In this article we are going to learn about GetMarginWidth() function associated with the wx.MenuItem class of wxPython. Gets the width of the menu item checkmark bitmap. GetMarginWidth() function takes no parameters.

Syntax:

wx.MenuItem.GetMarginWidth(self)

Parameters:

No parameters are required in GetMarginWidth().

Return Type:

int

Code Example 1:

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\tCtrl + c', helpString ="Check Help")
        self.fileMenu.Append(self.item)
        self.menubar.Append(self.fileMenu, '&File')
        self.SetMenuBar(self.menubar)
        # print margin width
        margin = self.item.GetMarginWidth()
        print(margin)
        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()

Output:
default margin width

3

Code Example 1:

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\tCtrl + c', helpString ="Check Help")
        self.item.SetMarginWidth(12)
        self.fileMenu.Append(self.item)
        self.menubar.Append(self.fileMenu, '&File')
        self.SetMenuBar(self.menubar)
        # print margin width
        margin = self.item.GetMarginWidth()
        print(margin)
        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()

Output:

12