wxPython – SetTextColour() function in wx.MenuItem

In this article we are going to learn about SetTextColour() function associated with wx.MenuItem class of wxPython. SetTextColour() function is used to simply set the text colour associated with the menu item. Only a colour parameter is required in SetTextColour() function.

Syntax: wx.MenuItem.GetTextColour(self) Parameters:

Parameter
Input Type
Description




colour
wx.Colour
colour for the text of menu item.

Code Example:

Python3

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',
                                  helpString ="Check Help")

        self.item.SetBitmap(wx.Bitmap('right.png'))

        # SET BLUE COLOUR FOR TEXT FORMAT(R, B, G, A)
        self.item.SetTextColour((79, 81, 230, 255))
        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: