wxPython – Add image with menuitem in wx.MenuBar

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In this article we are going to learn that how can we add a bitmap image with the menuitem associated with the menu present in menubar object of wx.MenuBar class.

Steps :
1. Create a menubar object of wx.MenuBar class.
2. Create a menu object of wx.Menu class.
3. Create a MenuItem using wx.MenuItem class.
4. Use SetBitmap() function to add bitmap image with menu item.

Syntax of SetBitmap() method: wx.MenuItem.SetBitmap(self, bitmap, checked=True)

Parameters of SetBitmap() method:

Parameter Input Type Description

bmp wx.Bitmap Bitmap we need to use with menuitem.

checked bool If checkable set to True else False.

Parameter	Input Type	Description
bmp	wx.Bitmap	Bitmap we need to use with menuitem.
checked	bool	If checkable set to True else False.

Code Example:

import wx 
  
APP_EXIT = 1
  
  
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) 
  
        menubar = wx.MenuBar() 
        fileMenu = wx.Menu() 
        qmi = wx.MenuItem(fileMenu, APP_EXIT, '&Quit\tCtrl + Q') 
        qmi.SetBitmap(wx.Bitmap('right.png')) 
        fileMenu.Append(qmi) 
  
        self.Bind(wx.EVT_MENU, self.OnQuit, id = APP_EXIT) 
  
        menubar.Append(fileMenu, '&File') 
        self.SetMenuBar(menubar) 
  
        self.SetSize((350, 250)) 
        self.SetTitle('Icons and shortcuts') 
        self.Centre() 
  
    def OnQuit(self, e): 
        self.Close() 
  
  
def main(): 
    app = wx.App() 
    ex = Example(None) 
    ex.Show() 
    app.MainLoop() 
  
  
if __name__ == '__main__': 
    main() 