Tkinter - Command or callback function for Menu item


Set command function for Menu item in Tkinter

To call a command function when a menu item is clicked, pass the callback function name as value for the command parameter when you are adding the menu item to the menu.

Tkinter - Command or callback function for Menu item

For example, consider that we are adding an item Item1 to the menu. We specify a function item_1_action as value for the command parameter.

my_menu.add_command(label="Item1", command=item_1_action)

When user clicks on the menu item Item1, the item_1_action() function is called.

In this tutorial, you will learn how to call a respective callback command function when user clicks on a menu item.

Example

In this example, we shall create a menu with two menu items. When user clicks on the first item Item1, we call item_1_action() callback command function. Similarly, when user clicks on the second item Item2, we call item_2_action() callback command function.

Program

import tkinter as tk

def item_1_action():
    print('You clicked Item1.')

def item_2_action():
    print('You clicked Item2.')

# Create the main window
window = tk.Tk()
window.title("PythonExamples.org")
window.geometry("300x200")

# Create the menu bar
menu_bar = tk.Menu(window)

# Create the menu
menu_1 = tk.Menu(menu_bar, tearoff=0)

# Add items for Menu1
menu_1.add_command(label="Item1", command=item_1_action)
menu_1.add_command(label="Item2", command=item_2_action)

# Add the menu to the menu bar
menu_bar.add_cascade(label="Menu1", menu=menu_1)

# Attach the menu bar to the main window
window.config(menu=menu_bar)

# Start the Tkinter event loop
window.mainloop()

Output

Run on MacOS.

Tkinter - Callback or command function for Menu item

Click on Item1 or Item2.

Tkinter - Callback or command function for Menu item - When item is clicked

Summary

In this Python Tkinter tutorial, we learned how to specify a callback command function for a menu item, so that the function executes when user clicks on the menu item, with the help of examples.