wxPython – SetMenu() function in wx.MenuItem

In this article we are going to learn about SetMenu() function associated with wx.MenuItem class of wxPython. SetMenu() function sets the parent menu which will contain this menu item. It takes a single wx.Menu object as parameter.

Syntax:

wx.MenuItem.SetMenu(self, menu)

Parameters:

Parameter	Input Type	Description
menu	wx.Menu	Parent menu for this item.

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(None, 1, '&Radio', kind = wx.ITEM_CHECK)

        # INITIAL MENU WAS NONE NOW INCLUDE MENUITEM TO self.fileMenu
        self.item.SetMenu(self.fileMenu)
        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: