how to hide wxpython status bar by default

Question

I am learning wxpython following the tutorials on zetcode about menu bars and status bars. Please forgive me if the question is stupid.

The code below from the website works fine, but I am curious how to hide the status bar by default (when the application window popup).

import wx

class Example(wx.Frame):

    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
        super(Example, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)             
        self.InitUI()

    def InitUI(self):    

        menubar = wx.MenuBar()
        fileMenu = wx.Menu()
        viewMenu = wx.Menu()

        self.shst = viewMenu.Append(wx.ID_ANY, 'Show statubar', 
            'Show Statusbar', kind=wx.ITEM_CHECK)
        self.shtl = viewMenu.Append(wx.ID_ANY, 'Show toolbar', 
            'Show Toolbar', kind=wx.ITEM_CHECK)

        viewMenu.Check(self.shst.GetId(), True)
        viewMenu.Check(self.shtl.GetId(), True)

        self.Bind(wx.EVT_MENU, self.ToggleStatusBar, self.shst)
        self.Bind(wx.EVT_MENU, self.ToggleToolBar, self.shtl)

        menubar.Append(fileMenu, '&File')
        menubar.Append(viewMenu, '&View')
        self.SetMenuBar(menubar)

        self.toolbar = self.CreateToolBar()
        self.toolbar.AddLabelTool(1, '', wx.Bitmap('texit.png'))
        self.toolbar.Realize()

        self.statusbar = self.CreateStatusBar()
        self.statusbar.SetStatusText('Ready')

        self.SetSize((350, 250))
        self.SetTitle('Check menu item')
        self.Centre()
        self.Show(True)


    def ToggleStatusBar(self, e):        
        if self.shst.IsChecked():
            self.statusbar.Show()
        else:
            self.statusbar.Hide()

    def ToggleToolBar(self, e):        
        if self.shtl.IsChecked():
            self.toolbar.Show()
        else:
            self.toolbar.Hide()        

def main():

    ex = wx.App()
    Example(None)
    ex.MainLoop()    

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

I have tried to change one line above into:

viewMenu.Check(self.shst.GetId(), False)

Sadly, that didn't work out.

Willing to hear any advice! Thanks in advance!

Specs: wxpython: 2.8.12.1; python 2.7; Ubuntu 12.04

Answer 1

IMHO, because viewMenu.Check(..) is called before UI initialization is done (before event loop begin), it may not fire event.

How about manually call ToggleStatusBar method after viewMenu.Check?

def InitUI(self):    
    ....
    viewMenu.Check(self.shst.GetId(), False)
    self.ToggleStatusBar(None)