CTkMenuBar 0.9

Customtkinter Menu Widget

CTkMenuBar

Modern menu bar widget library for customtkinter.

Features

• Custom dropdown menus
• Add menu in top of title bar
• Classic and modern menubar with full customisability
• Add commands and submenus

Installation

pip install CTkMenuBar

Menu Types

• CTkMenuBar

Usage

from CTkMenuBar import *
...
menu = CTkMenuBar(master=root)
menu.add_cascade("Menu")
...

Methods

• .add_cascade(text, ctk_button_args...): add new menu button in the menu bar
• .configure(*frame_kwargs)

Arguments

Parameter	Description
master	define the master widget, can be root or frame
bg_color	set the bg color of the menu bar
height	set height of the menu bar
width	set width of the menu bar buttons
padx	set internal padding between menu bar buttons
pady	set internal padding in top and bottom of menu bar
postcommand	add a command before spawing the dropdown
*other frame parameters	other ctk frame parameters can also be passed

• CTkTitleMenu

This title menu is only supported in windows OS!

Usage

from CTkMenuBar import *
...
menu = CTkTitleMenu(master=root)
menu.add_cascade("Menu")
...

Methods

• .add_cascade(text, ctk_button_kwargs...): add new menu button in the menu bar

Arguments

Parameter	Description
master	define the master window, can be root or toplevel only
bg_color	set the bg color of the menu bar
title_bar_color	set color to the header (only works with windows 11), RGB order: 0x00rrggbb
width	set width of the menu bar buttons
padx	set internal padding between menu bar buttons
x_offset	set the x distance from the header
y_offset	set the y distance from the header
postcommand	add a command before spawing the dropdown
*other frame parameters	other ctk frame parameters can also be passed

CustomDropdownMenu

This is the common dropdown menu class which is used by both ctkmenubar and ctktitlemenu.

Usage

from CTkMenuBar import *
...
dropdown = CustomDropdownMenu(widget=button)
dropdown.add_option(option="value") 
dropdown.add_separator() 
submenu = dropdown.add_submenu("submenu") 
submenu.add_option(option="value") 
...

Methods

• .add_option(option, command): add option to the dropdown and attach the command
• .add_separator(): add a separator line between the options
• .add_submenu(submenu_name): add a submenu as option
• **.configure(**args): change dropdown menu options

Arguments

Parameter	Description
widget	attach the dropdown to the cascade widget
master	optional, change the spawn window if required
bg_color	set the bg color of the dropdown
fg_color	set the option button fg color
text_color	set the text color
hover_color	set hover color of the option button
separator_color	change the separator line color
font	change the font of the text
width	set width of the dropdown
height	set height of the dropdown
padx	set padding in x for the dropdown frame
pady	set padding in y for the dropdown frame
*other frame parameters	other ctk frame parameters can also be passed

Credits goes to LucianoSaldivia for providing this dropdown menu class.