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wxPython – GetItemLabel() function in wx.MenuItem

In this article we are going to learn about GetItemLabel() function associated with the wx.MenuItem class of wxPython. GetItemLabel() function simply returns the text associated with the menu item including any accelerator characters that were passed to the constructor or SetItemLabel . 
GetItemLabel() function takes no parameters.
 

Syntax: 

wx.MenuItem.GetItemLabel(self)

Parameters: 

No Parameters are required in wx.MenuItem.

Return Type: 

string

 

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'))
        self.st = wx.StaticText(self, label ="", pos =(20, 20), style = wx.ALIGN_LEFT)
        self.fileMenu.Append(self.item)
        self.menubar.Append(self.fileMenu, '&File')
        self.SetMenuBar(self.menubar)
        # label associated with 'item' menuitem
        label = self.item.GetItemLabel()
        # print label
        print(label)
        self.st.SetLabel(label)
        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: 
 

&Check

Output window: 
 

 

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