Adding Icon or Image to wxpython GUI

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I am trying to add icons to my menu options in wxpython. I have followed the code here but my image displays really large (not the nice icons size that Mike shows). Here is my code -- is there a way to make the icon fit the menu size (resize it)? Thanks!

self.HelpMenu = wx.Menu()

self.HelpAboutItem2 = wx.MenuItem(self.HelpMenu, 202, "&Visit Us", "Go to our website", wx.ITEM_NORMAL)
img = wx.Image('My_Image.jpg', wx.BITMAP_TYPE_ANY)
self.HelpAboutItem2.SetBitmap(wx.BitmapFromImage(img))
self.HelpMenu.AppendItem(self.HelpAboutItem2)

self.SetMenuBar(self.MainMenu)

Mike Driscoll · Accepted Answer · 2013-11-15 16:41:38Z

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I think I saved my image in a specific size for that particular example. I'm not finding anything in wx.Menu that let's you specify a size. However, wx.Image has Scale and Rescale methods that you might be able to use for scaling the image on the fly. I used that method in my image viewer tutorial to keep images from becoming too big for my screen.

answered Nov 15, 2013 at 16:41

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mcfly Over a year ago

I liked that other tutorial -- I use that quite a bit. Do you know the size you saved your image for the menu?

Mike Driscoll Over a year ago

Looks like it's 32x27. I thought it might be something like that. Most icons for toolbars are 22x22 or 32x32 when you download an icon set. I've found myself using that tutorial myself from time to time. I used that scaling method for logos in Reportlab even!

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