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wxPython – GetKind() function in wx.MenuItem

In this article we are going to learn about GetKind() function associated with the wx.MenuItem class of wxPython. GetKind function simply returns the item kind, one of ITEM_SEPARATOR, ITEM_NORMAL, ITEM_CHECK or ITEM_RADIO.
It takes no parameters.

Syntax:

wx.GetKind(self)

Parameters:

No parameters are required in GetKind() function.

Return Type:

wx.ItemKind

Code Example 1:




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", kind = wx.ITEM_RADIO)
        self.item.SetBitmap(wx.Bitmap('right.png'))
        self.fileMenu.Append(self.item)
        self.menubar.Append(self.fileMenu, '&File')
        self.SetMenuBar(self.menubar)
        # kind of menu item
        kind = self.item.GetKind()
        # print kind of menuitem
        print(kind)
        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:

2 //2 corresponds to wx.ITEM_RADIO

Code Example 2:




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'))
        self.fileMenu.Append(self.item)
        self.menubar.Append(self.fileMenu, '&File')
        self.SetMenuBar(self.menubar)
        # kind of menu item
        kind = self.item.GetKind()
        # print kind of menuitem
        print(kind)
        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()


0 //0 corresponds to wx.ITEM_RADIO
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