jQWidgets jqxDraw clear() Method

Last Updated : 26 Jan, 2022

jQWidgets is a JavaScript framework for making web-based applications for PC and mobile devices. It is a very powerful, optimized, platform-independent, and widely supported framework. The jqxDraw is a small jQuery-based plugin that is used to draw shapes and texts using VML, SVG and HTML5.

The clear() method is used for clearing the content of the specified jqxDraw widget.

Syntax:

$('#container').jqxDraw('clear');

Parameters: This method does not accept any parameters.

Return values: This method does not return any values.

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” />
<script type=”text/javascript” src=”scripts/jquery.js”></script>
<script type=”text/javascript” src=”jqwidgets/jqxcore.js”></script>
<script type=”text/javascript” src=”jqwidgets/jqxdraw.js”></script>
<script type=”text/javascript” src=”jqwidgets/jqx-all.js”></script>

Example: The below example illustrates the jQWidgets jqxDraw clear() Method.

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html lang="en"> 
  
<head> 
    <link rel="stylesheet" href= 
        "jqwidgets/styles/jqx.base.css" type="text/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/jqxdraw.js"></script> 
    <script type="text/javascript" 
        src="jqwidgets/jqx-all.js"></script> 
</head> 
  
<body> 
    <center> 
        <h1 style="color:green;"> 
            GeeksforGeeks 
        </h1> 
  
        <h3>jQWidgets jqxDraw clear() Method</h3> 
          
        <div id="jqx_Draw" style= 
            "height:200px; width:280px;"> 
        </div> 
  
        <input type="button" id="Button_for_clear" 
            style="padding:5px 15px; margin-top:40px;"
            value="Clear the content of the widget"> 
  
        <script type="text/javascript"> 
            $(document).ready(function () { 
                $('#jqx_Draw').jqxDraw({ 
                    renderEngine: 'HTML5' 
                }); 
  
                var Instance = $('#jqx_Draw').jqxDraw('getInstance'); 
                  
                Instance.circle(150, 100, 65, { fill: 'green' }); 
                Instance.refresh(); 
                  
                $("#Button_for_clear").jqxButton(); 
                  
                $("#Button_for_clear").click(function () { 
                    Instance.clear(); 
                    Instance.refresh(); 
                }); 
            }); 
        </script> 
    </center> 
</body> 
  
</html>