[wxPython] how do you find a menu id

wxPython Users
1

The wxWindows docs show a FindMenu method for wxMenuBar, but it isn't in
wxPython 2.3.1. I need to be able to do the equivelant of:

menuId = menubar.FindMenu('File')

so that I can enable and disable the whole menu.

I'm sure there is a simple solution, but I can't see it. I've already done
my daily wxWindows documenation cursing and looked through
  c:\python21\wxpython\windows.py
but didn't see anything.

ka

2

The wxWindows docs show a FindMenu method for wxMenuBar, but it isn't in
wxPython 2.3.1. I need to be able to do the equivelant of:

menuId = menubar.FindMenu('File')

so that I can enable and disable the whole menu.

wxMenuBar has the FindMenu method that can find a menu by title. It returns
the position which you can use with EnableTop.

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3

wxMenuBar has the FindMenu method that can find a menu by title.
It returns
the position which you can use with EnableTop.

Not in 2.3.1 Is this a 2.3.2 feature and the docs are ahead of the curve?
There is no method named FindMenu in any of the source files for wxPython
2.3.1

ka

4

> The wxWindows docs show a FindMenu method for wxMenuBar, but it isn't in
> wxPython 2.3.1. I need to be able to do the equivelant of:
>
> menuId = menubar.FindMenu('File')
>
> so that I can enable and disable the whole menu.

wxMenuBar has the FindMenu method that can find a menu by title. It

returns

the position which you can use with EnableTop.

Oops, I didn't read your original message very well. I see you've already
tried that. FindMenu is in the code already for 2.3.2, but I can't think of
a workaround if it's not there in 2.3.1.

···

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Robin Dunn
Software Craftsman
robin@AllDunn.com Java give you jitters?
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5

One workaround is to keep a dictionary of the menu id's { 'File': 222, } and
use that to look them up.

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On Tuesday 04 September 2001 15:37, you wrote:

Oops, I didn't read your original message very well. I see you've already
tried that. FindMenu is in the code already for 2.3.2, but I can't think
of a workaround if it's not there in 2.3.1.

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6

wxMenuBar has the FindMenu method that can find a menu by title.
It returns
the position which you can use with EnableTop.

Since I was interating through a list anyway to match part of a resource, I
just added an extra counter and was able to use EnableTop.

ka