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wxPython – GetBitmap() function in wx.MenuItem

In this article we are going to learn about GetBitmap() function associated with wx.MenuItem class of wxPython. GetBitmap() function simply returns the checked or unchecked bitmap. It takes a single bool type parameter which is True for check and False for unchecked.

Syntax: wx.MenuItem.GetBitmap(self, checked=True)

Parameters:

Parameter Input Type Description
checked bool True for check and False for unchecked.

Return Type: wx.Bitmap

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.item = wx.MenuItem(self.fileMenu, 1, '&Check')
        self.item.SetBitmap(wx.Bitmap('right.png'))
        self.fileMenu.Append(self.item)
  
        # get bitmap from menuitem
        bmp = self.item.GetBitmap(checked = True
    
        # show static bitmap in frame
        self.sbmp = wx.StaticBitmap(self, id = 3, bitmap = bmp, pos =(20, 20),
                                    size =(32, 32), style = 0, name ="static")
  
        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:

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04 Jun, 2020
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