Set icon in front of menu entry in systray app

Question

is it possible to set a custom icon in front of the menu entries "Top Menu, Middle Menu, Last Menu" in the systray app below?

#!/usr/bin/python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

import wx
import sys

TRAY_TOOLTIP = 'Tray App'
TRAY_ICON = '/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/distributor.png'

def create_menu_item(menu, label, func):
    item = wx.MenuItem(menu, -1, label)
    menu.Bind(wx.EVT_MENU, func, id=item.GetId())
    menu.AppendItem(item)
    return item

class TaskBarIcon(wx.TaskBarIcon):
    def __init__(self, frame):
        self.frame = frame
        super(TaskBarIcon, self).__init__()
        self.set_icon(TRAY_ICON)

    def CreatePopupMenu(self):
        menu = wx.Menu()

        # Top Menu
        create_menu_item(menu, 'Top Menu', self.TopMenu)
        menu.AppendSeparator()

        # Middle Menu
        create_menu_item(menu, 'Middle Menu', self.MiddleMenu)

        # exit and Info
        menu.AppendSeparator()
        create_menu_item(menu, 'Last Menu', self.LastMenu)

        create_menu_item(menu, 'Exit', self.ExitMenu)

        return menu

    def set_icon(self, path):
        icon = wx.IconFromBitmap(wx.Bitmap(path))
        self.SetIcon(icon, TRAY_TOOLTIP)

    def TopMenu(self, event):
        print 'This is from Top Menu!'

    def MiddleMenu(self, event):
        print 'This is from Middle Menu!'

    def LastMenu(self, event):
        print 'This is from Last Menu!'

    def ExitMenu(self, event):
        wx.CallAfter(self.Destroy)
        self.frame.Close()

class App(wx.App):
    def OnInit(self):
        frame=wx.Frame(None)
        self.SetTopWindow(frame)
        TaskBarIcon(frame)
        return True

def main():
    app = App(False)
    app.MainLoop()


if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

I have tried to find something like, but I couldn't find anything relevant. I saw that C# allows to set icons in front of the menu entry, but I am not sure if it applies for python as well. Thanks for your help and attention.

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 11 '17 at 22:47

After some research, trial and error, I discovered that I have to use the variable icon on the definition of the menu:

def create_menu_item(menu, label, func, icon=None):
    item = wx.MenuItem(menu, -1, label)
    if icon:
        item.SetBitmap(wx.Bitmap(icon))
    menu.Bind(wx.EVT_MENU, func, id=item.GetId())
    menu.AppendItem(item)
    return item

And include the path to the icon on the definition of the menu entry :

        create_menu_item(menu, 'Title', self.Title, icon='icon.png')

Result:

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 10 '17 at 00:36

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wx.MenuItem provides SetBitmap as a method... so im pretty sure you can just call it ...

def create_menu_item(menu, label, func,bitmap=None):
    item = wx.MenuItem(menu, -1, label)
    if bitmap:
        item.SetBitmap(bitmap)
    menu.Bind(wx.EVT_MENU, func, id=item.GetId())
    menu.AppendItem(item)
    return item

answered Mar 10 '17 at 00:36

Joran Beasley

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Hi, I have worked with your code for a while but I couldn't get it through, after some research I discovered that it needs to point to the variable `icon` and make reference to the `wx` package as well. – hehe_br Mar 11 '17 at 22:53

Set icon in front of menu entry in systray app

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