jQWidgets jqxCheckBoxGroup destroy() Method

Last Updated : 30 Jan, 2023

jQWidgets is a JavaScript framework for making web-based applications for PC and mobile devices. It is a very powerful and optimized framework, platform-independent, and widely supported. The jqxCheckBoxGroup widget is used to display a group of checkboxes that allows users to select or deselect the checkbox group.

The destroy() method is used to destroy the displayed jqxCheckBoxGroup. It has no parameters, and it does not return anything.

Syntax:

$("#jqxCheckBoxGroup").jqxCheckBoxGroup('destroy');

Linked Files: Download jQWidgets from the given link. In the HTML file, locate the script files in the downloaded folder.

<link rel=”stylesheet” href=”jqwidgets/styles/jqx.base.css” type=”text/css” />
<link rel=”stylesheet” href=”jqwidgets/styles/jqx.energyblue.css”>
<script type=”text/javascript” src=”scripts/jquery-1.11.1.min.js”></script>
<script type=”text/javascript” src=”jqwidgets/jqxcore.js”></script>
<script type=”text/javascript” src=”jqwidgets/jqxcheckbox.js”></script>
<script type=”text/javascript” src=”jqwidgets/jqxcheckboxgroup.js”></script>
<script type=”text/javascript” src=”jqwidgets/jqxbuttons.js”></script>

Example 1: The below example illustrates the jQWidgets jqxCheckBoxGroup destroy() method.

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html lang="en"> 
  
<head> 
    <link rel="stylesheet" href= 
        "jqwidgets/styles/jqx.base.css" type="text/css" /> 
    <link rel="stylesheet" href= 
        "jqwidgets/styles/jqx.energyblue.css"> 
    <script type="text/javascript"
        src="scripts/jquery-1.11.1.min.js"></script> 
    <script type="text/javascript"
        src="jqwidgets/jqxcore.js"></script> 
    <script type="text/javascript"
        src="jqwidgets/jqxcheckbox.js"></script> 
    <script type="text/javascript"
        src="jqwidgets/jqxcheckboxgroup.js"></script> 
    <script type="text/javascript"
        src="jqwidgets/jqxbuttons.js"></script> 
      
    <style> 
        body { 
            margin-left: 100px; 
        } 
  
        .jqxcheckboxgroup { 
            margin-left: 50px; 
        } 
    </style> 
</head> 
  
<body> 
    <center> 
        <h1 style="color: green;"> 
            GeeksforGeeks 
        </h1> 
  
        <h3> 
            jQWidgets jqxCheckBoxGroup destroy() Method 
        </h3> 
  
        <h4>Select your Company name:</h4> 
  
        <div class='jqxcheckboxgroup'>GfG</div> 
        <div class='jqxcheckboxgroup'>TCS</div> 
        <div class='jqxcheckboxgroup'>Capgemni</div> 
        <div class='jqxcheckboxgroup'>Wipro</div> 
        <br> 
        <input type="button" style="margin: 5px;" 
               id="btn" value="Click here" /> 
        <div id="log"></div> 
  
        <script type="text/javascript"> 
            $(document).ready(function () { 
                $(".jqxcheckboxgroup").jqxCheckBox({ 
                    theme: 'energyblue', 
                }); 
                $("#btn").jqxButton({ 
                    width: 180, 
                    theme: 'energyblue', 
                }); 
                $('#btn').jqxButton(). 
                    click(function () { 
                        $('.jqxcheckboxgroup').jqxCheckBox('destroy'); 
                        $('#log').text("Widget destroyed!"); 
                    }); 
            });     
        </script> 
    </center> 
</body> 
  
</html>

Output:

Example 2: The following is another example of the jqxCheckBoxGroup destroy() method in jQWidgets.

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html lang="en"> 
  
<head> 
    <link rel="stylesheet" href= 
        "jqwidgets/styles/jqx.base.css" type="text/css" /> 
    <link rel="stylesheet" href= 
        "jqwidgets/styles/jqx.energyblue.css"> 
    <script type="text/javascript"
        src="scripts/jquery-1.11.1.min.js"></script> 
    <script type="text/javascript"
        src="jqwidgets/jqxcore.js"></script> 
    <script type="text/javascript"
        src="jqwidgets/jqxcheckbox.js"></script> 
    <script type="text/javascript"
        src="jqwidgets/jqxcheckboxgroup.js"></script> 
    <script type="text/javascript"
        src="jqwidgets/jqxbuttons.js"></script> 
      
    <style> 
        body { 
            margin-left: 100px; 
        } 
  
        .jqxcheckboxgroup { 
            margin-left: 50px; 
        } 
    </style> 
</head> 
  
<body> 
    <center> 
        <h1 style="color:green;"> 
            GeeksforGeeks 
        </h1> 
  
        <h3> 
            jQWidgets jqxCheckBoxGroup destroy() Method 
        </h3> 
  
        <h4>Select your Company name:</h4> 
  
        <div class='jqxcheckboxgroup'>GfG</div> 
        <div class='jqxcheckboxgroup'>TCS</div> 
        <div class='jqxcheckboxgroup'>Capgemni</div> 
        <div class='jqxcheckboxgroup'>Wipro</div> 
        <br> 
        <input type="button" style="margin: 5px;" 
               id="btn" value="Click here" /> 
        <div id="log"></div> 
  
        <script type="text/javascript"> 
            $(document).ready(function () { 
                $(".jqxcheckboxgroup").jqxCheckBox({ 
                    theme: 'energyblue', 
                }); 
                $("#btn").jqxButton({ 
                    width: 180, 
                    theme: 'energyblue', 
                }); 
                $('#btn').jqxButton(). 
                    click(function () { 
                        var d = $('.jqxcheckboxgroup').jqxCheckBox('destroy'); 
                        if (d === null) { 
                            $('#log').text("Null!"); 
                        } 
                        else { 
                            $('#log').text("Not null!"); 
                        } 
                    }); 
            }); 
        </script> 
    </center> 
</body> 
  
</html>