exit = QtGui.QAction(QtGui.QIcon(':/log.ico'), 'Exit', self) exit.setShortcut('Ctrl+Q') exit.setStatusTip('Exit Application') self.connect(exit, QtCore.SIGNAL('triggered()'), QtCore.SLOT('close()')) help = QtGui.QAction(QtGui.QIcon(':/log.ico'), 'Help', self) help.setShortcut('Ctrl+Q') menu_bar = self.menuBar() file1 = menu_bar.addMenu('&File') file1.addAction(exit) file1.addAction(help)