wxPython – IsEnabled() function in wx.MenuBar

In this article we are going to learn about IsEnabled() function associated with wx.MenuBar class of wxPython. IsEnabled() function is useful as it determines whether an item is enabled. IsEnabled() function returns True if the item was found and is enabled, False otherwise.

Syntax: wx.MenuBar.IsEnabled(self, id)

Parameters:

Parameter	Input Type	Description
id	int	The menu item identifier.

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",
                                                              kind = wx.ITEM_CHECK)
        self.item.SetBitmap(wx.Bitmap('right.png'))
        self.fileMenu.Append(self.item)

        # DISABLE MENU ITEM
        self.item.Enable(False)
        self.menubar.Append(self.fileMenu, '&File')
        self.SetMenuBar(self.menubar)
        self.SetSize((350, 250))
        self.SetTitle('New Frame Title')
        self.Centre()
        if(self.menubar.IsEnabled(1)== True):
            # print CLICKABLE if True
            print("CLICKABLE")
        else:
            # else print UNCLICKABLE
            print("UNCLICKABLE")

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


if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

Output:

Console Output:

UNCLICKABLE