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wxPython | GetToolByPos() function in python

In this article we are going to learn about GetToolByPos() function present in wx.ToolBar class of wxPython. GetToolByPos() function is used to simply return a pointer to the tool at specific position.
GetToolByPos() function takes a single parameter that is pos(position of tool).

Syntax:

wx.ToolBar.GetToolByPos(self, pos)

Parameters :

Parameter Input Type Description
pos int position of tool starting from 0.

Return Type:

wx.ToolBarToolBase

Code Example 1:




import wx
  
  
class Example(wx.Frame):
    global count
    count = 0;
  
    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
        super(Example, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
  
        self.InitUI()
  
    def InitUI(self):
        self.locale = wx.Locale(wx.LANGUAGE_ENGLISH)
        pnl = wx.Panel(self)
        self.toolbar = self.CreateToolBar()
        self.toolbar.SetMargins(10, 10)
        # Add Tools Using AddTool function
        rtool = self.toolbar.AddTool(13, 'Toolone', wx.Bitmap('wrong.png'), shortHelp ="Simple Tool2")
        stool = self.toolbar.AddTool(14, 'Tooltwo', wx.Bitmap('wrong.png'), shortHelp ="Simple Tool")
  
        self.toolbar.Realize()
        self.SetSize((350, 250))
        self.SetTitle('Control')
        self.Centre()
  
        obj = self.toolbar.GetToolByPos(1)
  
        # print tool label
        print(obj.GetLabel())
  
  
def main():
    app = wx.App()
    ex = Example(None)
    ex.Show()
    app.MainLoop()
  
  
if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()


Output:

Tooltwo

Code Example 2:




import wx
  
  
class Example(wx.Frame):
    global count
    count = 0;
  
    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
        super(Example, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
  
        self.InitUI()
  
    def InitUI(self):
        self.locale = wx.Locale(wx.LANGUAGE_ENGLISH)
        pnl = wx.Panel(self)
        self.toolbar = self.CreateToolBar()
        self.toolbar.SetMargins(10, 10)
        # Add Tools Using AddTool function
        rtool = self.toolbar.AddTool(13, 'Toolone', wx.Bitmap('wrong.png'), shortHelp ="Simple Tool2")
        stool = self.toolbar.AddTool(14, 'Tooltwo', wx.Bitmap('wrong.png'), shortHelp ="Simple Tool")
  
        self.toolbar.Realize()
        self.SetSize((350, 250))
        self.SetTitle('Control')
        self.Centre()
  
        obj = self.toolbar.GetToolByPos(0)
  
        # print tool label
        print(obj.GetLabel())
  
  
def main():
    app = wx.App()
    ex = Example(None)
    ex.Show()
    app.MainLoop()
  
  
if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()


Output:

Toolone
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