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RemoveAllElements

Removes all the elements from the current document or from the current document element. 💡 When all elements are removed, a new empty paragraph is automatically created. If you want to add content to this paragraph, use the ApiDocumentContent#GetElement method.

Syntax​

expression.RemoveAllElements();

expression - A variable that represents a ApiDocumentContent class.

Parameters​

This method doesn't have any parameters.

Returns​

boolean

Example​

This example shows how to remove all elements from a shape.

// How to remove all elements from the slide shape.

// Get a slide shape's content and remove all elements from it.

const presentation = Api.GetPresentation();
const slide = presentation.GetSlideByIndex(0);
slide.RemoveAllObjects();

const fill = Api.CreateSolidFill(Api.CreateRGBColor(255, 111, 61));
const stroke = Api.CreateStroke(0, Api.CreateNoFill());
const shape = Api.CreateShape("flowChartMagneticTape", 300 * 36000, 130 * 36000, fill, stroke);
shape.SetPosition(608400, 1267200);

const docContent = shape.GetDocContent();
let paragraph = docContent.GetElement(0);
paragraph.AddText("This is just a sample paragraph.");
docContent.RemoveAllElements();
paragraph = Api.CreateParagraph();
paragraph.AddText("We removed all elements from the shape and added a new paragraph inside it.");
docContent.Push(paragraph);
slide.AddObject(shape);