wxPython – GetBitmap() function in wx.MenuItem

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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

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

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() 