Python: How can i get the selected element in a menu of menubar?

Question

So i was just improving the text editor that i made.. The problem is that i want to get the clicked element of the menu inside my menubar of tkinter window..

Here in this picture How can i get the clicked item "C++ Compile"? I am just unable to figure out how to solve this..

Menu code:

Menubar = Menu(root, activebackground ="#0084FF", activeforeground = "#FFFFFF",bg = "#FFFFFF", fg = "#0084FF" ,font = "consolas")

Filemenu = Menu(root, tearoff = 0)
Filemenu.add_command(label="New",command=newTab)
Filemenu.add_separator()
Filemenu.add_command(label="Open", command=openFile)
Filemenu.add_command(label="Save", command=saveFile)
Filemenu.add_command(label="Save As", command=saveAsFile)
Filemenu.add_separator()
Filemenu.add_command(label="Close", command=deltab)
Filemenu.add_separator()
Filemenu.add_command(label="Exit", command=root.destroy)
Menubar.add_cascade(label="File", menu=Filemenu)

toolsMenu = Menu(root,tearoff=0)
confmenu = Menu(root,tearoff=0)
runmenu = Menu(root,tearoff = 0)
runmenu.add_command(label = "Open file from cmd", command = lambda:runfile())
runmenu.add_separator()
runner_command = StringVar()
if isConf:
    for i in getConfs():
        runmenu.add_command(label = i, command = lambda:runnerConf(i))
    runmenu.add_separator()
runmenu.add_command(label= "New Runner",command = lambda:newrunner())
toolsMenu.add_cascade(label = "Runner", menu = runmenu)
toolsMenu.add_command(label = "Open cmd here", command = lambda:opencmd())
Menubar.add_cascade(label="Tools",menu = toolsMenu)

SPECS:
OS: Windows 7 (i will upgrade to Windows 20 ONLY)
Python: 3.8.10
Arch: x86 (32 bit)

@PCM okay but the whole code is 200 lines plus so only menus.. — Whirlpool-Programmer, Jun 26 '21 at 11:18
What do you mean by 'get the clicked item'. You can write a command for that right? — PCM, Jun 26 '21 at 11:22
Let us [continue this discussion in chat](https://chat.stackoverflow.com/rooms/234222/discussion-between-whirlpool-programmer-and-pcm). — Whirlpool-Programmer, Jun 26 '21 at 11:26
Instead of `command = lambda:runnerConf(i)` use `command = lambda i=i: runnerConf(i)` — TheLizzard, Jun 26 '21 at 11:52

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 26 '21 at 12:03

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As @TheLizzard has commented, the fix was just to use command = lambda i=i: runnerConf(i) instead of command = lambda:runnerConf(i)

answered Jun 26 '21 at 12:03

Whirlpool-Programmer

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If you want an explanation, look [here](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10865116/tkinter-creating-buttons-in-for-loop-passing-command-arguments) – TheLizzard Jun 26 '21 at 12:05

Python: How can i get the selected element in a menu of menubar?

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