jQWidgets jqxEditor destroy() Method

Last Updated : 12 Oct, 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 jqxEditor is used to represent a jQuery HTML text editor that can be used to simplify web content creation and can also be used as a replacement for HTML Text Areas.

The destroy() method is used to destroy the jqxEditor widget element. It does not accept any parameter and does not return any value.

Syntax:

$('Selector').jqxEditor('destroy');

Linked Files: Download jQWidgets from https://www.jqwidgets.com/download/ 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-1.11.1.min.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/jqxscrollbar.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="jqwidgets/jqxlistbox.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="jqwidgets/jqxdropdownlist.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="jqwidgets/jqxdropdownbutton.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="jqwidgets/jqxcolorpicker.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="jqwidgets/jqxwindow.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="jqwidgets/jqxeditor.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="jqwidgets/jqxtooltip.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="jqwidgets/jqxcheckbox.js"></script>

The below example illustrates the jqxEditor destroy() method in jQWidgets:

Example:

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/jqxbuttons.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" 
        src="jqwidgets/jqxscrollbar.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" 
        src="jqwidgets/jqxlistbox.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" 
        src="jqwidgets/jqxdropdownlist.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" 
        src="jqwidgets/jqxdropdownbutton.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" 
        src="jqwidgets/jqxcolorpicker.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" 
        src="jqwidgets/jqxwindow.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" 
        src="jqwidgets/jqxeditor.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" 
        src="jqwidgets/jqxtooltip.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" 
        src="jqwidgets/jqxcheckbox.js"></script>
</head>

<body>
    <center>
        <h1 style="color: green;">
            GeeksforGeeks
        </h1>
      
        <h3>jQWidgets jqxEditor destroy() Method</h3>
      
        <textarea id="editor">
        </textarea>
        <button id="d" >Click</button>
    </center>
    <script type="text/javascript">
        $(document).ready(function () {
            $('#editor').jqxEditor({
                height: "400px",
                width: '800px'
             });
        });
        $("#d").click(function () {
            $('#editor').jqxEditor('destroy');
        });
    </script>
</body>
</html>

Output:

Reference: https://www.jqwidgets.com/jquery-widgets-documentation/documentation/jqxeditor/jquery-editor-api.htm

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