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wxPython – SetHelp() function in wx.MenuItem

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In this article we are going to learn about SetHelp() function associated with wx.MenuItem class of wxPython. SetHelp() function is simply used to set the help string associated with menu item. SetHelp() function only takes helpstring as a parameter.

Syntax:

wx.MenuItem.SetHelp(self, helpString)

Parameters:

Parameter Input Type Description
helpString string help string you want to associate with menuitem.

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.st = wx.StaticText(self, label ="", pos =(20, 20), 
                                         style = wx.ALIGN_LEFT)
        self.item = wx.MenuItem(self.fileMenu, 1, '&Radio'
                                      kind = wx.ITEM_CHECK)
  
        # set help string for menu item
        self.item.SetHelp(helpString ="New Help String")
  
        # print help string associated with menu item
        help = self.item.GetHelp()
  
        # set text of st as help string of item
        self.st.SetLabel(help)
        self.fileMenu.Append(self.item)
        self.menubar.Append(self.fileMenu, '&File')
        self.SetMenuBar(self.menubar)
        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:



Last Updated : 10 Jun, 2020
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