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wxPython – SetDisabledBitmap() function in wx.MenuItem

In this article we are going to learn about SetDisabledBitmap() function associated to wx.MenuItem class of wxPython. SetDisabledBitmap() function is used to simply set the bitmap to be used for disabled menu items. It take single bitmap parameters for disabled item.

Syntax:

wx.MenuItem.SetDisabledBitmap(self, disabled)

Parameters:

Parameter Input Type Description
disabled wx.Bitmap Bitmap to set for disabled menu item.

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, '&Radio', helpString ="Check Help", kind = wx.ITEM_CHECK)
        self.item.SetBitmap(bmp = wx.Bitmap('right.png'))
        # set bitmap for menuitem while disabled
        self.item.SetDisabledBitmap(wx.Bitmap('wrong.png'))
        self.item.Enable(False)
        self.fileMenu.Append(self.item)
        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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