wxPython – GetMenu() function in wx.MenuItem

In this article we are going to learn about GetMenu() function associated with wx.MenuItem class of wxPython. GetMenu() function returns the menu this menu item is in, or None if this menu item is not attached.
No arguments are needed in GetMenu() function.

Syntax:

wx.MenuItem.GetMenu(self)

Parameters:

No parameters are required in GetMenu() function.

Return Type:

wx.Menu

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.st = wx.StaticText(self, label ="", pos =(20, 20), style = wx.ALIGN_LEFT)
        self.fileMenu.Append(self.item)
        self.menubar.Append(self.fileMenu, '&File')
        self.SetMenuBar(self.menubar)
        # menu object
        menu = self.item.GetMenu()
        # print title of menu
        print(menu.Title)
        self.st.SetLabel(menu.Title)
        self.SetSize((350, 250))
        self.SetTitle('')
        self.Centre()


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


if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

Output:

&File

Output Window: