wxMenu.FindItem(...) can't find items with "_" character

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Hello,

Sample code:

   [...]
   menu = wxMenu(...
   menu.Insert(0, 100, "the_name")
   [...]

And this:

   menu.FindItem("the_name")

returns -1 instead of 100. Everything is ok if item label contains no "_"
characters. I'm wondering if this is a bug in WX or I've misunderstood
something.

Using wxPython 2.4.0.8 from debian unstable.

Martynas Jocius

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returns -1 instead of 100. Everything is ok if item label contains no "_"
characters. I'm wondering if this is a bug in WX or I've misunderstood
something.

Try "escaping" the with an extra underscore. (menu.FindItem("the__name")). Does that work?

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Martynas Jocius wrote:

Hello,

Sample code:

   [...]
   menu = wxMenu(...
   menu.Insert(0, 100, "the_name")
   [...]

And this:

   menu.FindItem("the_name")

returns -1 instead of 100. Everything is ok if item label contains no "_"
characters. I'm wondering if this is a bug in WX or I've misunderstood
something.

The underscore is used in the menu items in gtk the same as the & is used on MSW, it designates which character is the menu item's mnemonic. I would have expected FindItem to work around this difference and do the right thing so please enter a bug report about it.

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