IDLE: Create function to update menu item state. (GH-11343)

This will be needed for other menu items.  Change outwin to call the function instead of updating the menu item directly.

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/editor.py b/Lib/idlelib/editor.py
index d92b32b240..f4437668a3 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/editor.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/editor.py
@@ -447,10 +447,15 @@ class EditorWindow(object):
         window.add_windows_to_menu(menu)
 
     def update_menu_label(self, menu, index, label):
-        "Update label for menu item at index ."
+        "Update label for menu item at index."
         menuitem = self.menudict[menu]
         menuitem.entryconfig(index, label=label)
 
+    def update_menu_state(self, menu, index, state):
+        "Update state for menu item at index."
+        menuitem = self.menudict[menu]
+        menuitem.entryconfig(index, state=state)
+
     def handle_yview(self, event, *args):
         "Handle scrollbar."
         if event == 'moveto':