Remove default "Python" submenu with Tkinter Menu on Mac OSX

Question

When creating a Menu in Tkinter on Mac OSX, the very first submenu is labeled "Python". Is there a way to remove this so that the only submenus are the ones that I have created or does that submenu always exist no matter what?

Here is how I'm creating my menu

root = self.winfo_toplevel()
self.menu = Menu(root)
root['menu'] = self.menu
self.sub_menu = Menu(self.menu)
self.menu.add_cascade(label='My Program', menu=self.sub_menu)
self.sub_menu.add_command(label='Quit', command=self.quit)

Version of Python and TKinter? OS shouldn't affect it afaik. — rikkit
– rikkit, Commented Jan 2, 2012 at 0:28

Evan · Accepted Answer · 2019-01-24 00:05:59Z

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The only way I've been able to rename the first Menu title is to compile the python to an application. I did this using py2app.

I have an example app you can see here:

https://bitbucket.org/jgrigonis/mathfacts/overview

The key code is in this file:

https://bitbucket.org/jgrigonis/mathfacts/src/b994b6225743/setupmac.py

edited Jan 24, 2019 at 0:05

Evan

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answered Jan 2, 2012 at 1:09

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intargc Over a year ago

Great! I didn't know about py2app. Thank you!

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