wxPython – Insert() function in wx.MenuBar

In this article we are going to learn about Insert() function associated to wx.MenuBar class of wxPython. So Insert() function is a very important function in wx.MenuBar class. Insert() function Inserts the menu at the given position into the menu bar.

Inserting menu at position 0 will insert it in the very beginning of it, inserting at position GetMenuCount is the same as calling Append .

Syntax: wx.MenuBar.Insert(self, pos, menu, title)

Parameters:

Parameter	Input Type	Description
pos	int	The position of the new menu in the menu bar
menu	wx.Menu	The menu to add. wx.MenuBar owns the menu and will free it.
title	string	The title of the menu.

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.fileMenu2 = wx.Menu()
        self.item = wx.MenuItem(self.fileMenu, 1, '&Check',
                                 helpString ="Check Help")
        self.item.SetBitmap(wx.Bitmap('right.png'))
        self.fileMenu.Append(self.item)
        self.menubar.Append(self.fileMenu, '&File')

        # INSERT A NEW MENU IN MENUBAR AT POSITION 0
        self.menubar.Insert(0, self.fileMenu2, '&New Menu')
        self.SetMenuBar(self.menubar)
        self.SetSize((350, 250))
        self.SetTitle('New Frame Title')
        self.Centre()

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


if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

Output: