wxPython – Add image with menuitem in wx.MenuBar

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.

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()

Output: