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wxPython – GetTextColour() function in wx.MenuItem

In this article, we are going to learn about GetTextColour() function associated with wx.MenuItem class of wxPython. GetTextColour() function is used to simply return the text color associated with the menu item. 
No parameters are required in GetTextColour() function.

Syntax: 

wx.MenuItem.GetTextColour(self)

Parameters: 

No parameters are taken by GetTextColour() function.

Return Type: 

wx.Colour

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.item.SetTextColour((79, 81, 230, 255))
        self.st = wx.StaticText(self, label ="", pos =(200, 200))
        self.fileMenu.Append(self.item)
        self.menubar.Append(self.fileMenu, '&File')
        self.SetMenuBar(self.menubar)
        # label of menu item
        clr = self.item.GetTextColour()
        # print label of menuitem
        print(clr)
        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: 

(79, 81, 230, 255)

Output Window:  

 

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