jQWidgets jqxLayout destroy() Method

Last Updated : 10 Dec, 2021

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 jqxLayout is used for representing a jQuery widget that is used for the creation of complex layouts with nested, resized, pinned, unpinned, and closed panels.

The destroy() method is used for destroying the specified jqxLayout widget.

Syntax:

$('#jqxLayout').jqxLayout('destroy');

Parameters: This method does not accept any parameters.

Return Values: This method does not return any values.

Linked Files: Download https://www.jqwidgets.com/download/ 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/jqxbuttons.js”></script>
<script type=”text/javascript” src=”jqwidgets/jqxribbon.js”></script>
<script type=”text/javascript” src=”jqwidgets/jqxlayout.js”></script>
<script type=”text/javascript” src=”jqwidgets/jqx-all.js”></script>

Example: The below example illustrates the jQWidgets jqxLayout destroy() 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.js"> 
    </script> 
    <script type="text/javascript" 
            src="jqwidgets/jqxcore.js"> 
    </script> 
    <script type="text/javascript" 
            src="jqwidgets/jqxbuttons.js"> 
    </script> 
    <script type="text/javascript" 
            src="jqwidgets/jqxribbon.js"> 
    </script> 
    <script type="text/javascript" 
            src="jqwidgets/jqxlayout.js"> 
    </script> 
    <script type="text/javascript" 
            src="jqwidgets/jqx-all.js"> 
    </script> 
</head> 
  
<body> 
    <center> 
        <h1 style="color:green;"> 
            GeeksforGeeks 
        </h1> 
        <h3> 
            jQWidgets jqxLayout destroy() Method 
        </h3> 
        <div id="jqx_Layout"> 
            <div data-container="A1"> 
                <li>It is a computer science portal.</li> 
            </div> 
            <div data-container="A2"> 
                <li>It is a eCommerce platform.</li> 
            </div> 
            <div data-container="A3"> 
                <li>It is a service based company.</li> 
            </div> 
        </div> 
        <input type="button" style="margin: 5px;" 
               id="button_for_destroy" 
               value="Destroy the above widget"/> 
        <div id="log"></div> 
        <script type="text/javascript"> 
            $(document).ready(function () { 
                var jqx_Layout = [{ 
                    items: [{ 
                        items: [{ 
                            items: [{ 
                                contentContainer: 'A1', 
                                type: 'documentPanel', 
                                title: 'GeeksforGeeks', 
                            }, { 
                                contentContainer: 'A2', 
                                type: 'documentPanel', 
                                title: 'Amazon', 
                            }, { 
                                contentContainer: 'A3', 
                                type: 'documentPanel', 
                                title: 'Capgemini', 
                            }], 
                            type: 'documentGroup', 
                            height: 100, 
                        },], 
                        type: 'layoutGroup', 
                        height: 100, 
                    }], 
                    orientation: 'vertical', 
                    type: 'layoutGroup' 
                }]; 
                $('#jqx_Layout').jqxLayout({ 
                    width: 370, 
                    height: 100, 
                    layout: jqx_Layout 
                }); 
                $("#button_for_destroy").jqxButton({ 
                    width: 300 
                }); 
                $('#button_for_destroy').jqxButton(). 
                    click(function () { 
                     $('#jqx_Layout').jqxLayout('destroy'); 
                    }) 
            }); 
        </script> 
    </center> 
</body> 
  
</html>