How te remove (not hide) elements

[GentleGiantSoftware]

Is there a way to remove all elements or a specific element (e.g. a button) instead of only hiding it?

[slashformotion]

remove ?

[marcstober]

I would like to know how to do this, too. For example, if in a program a user moves between different "screens" I might want to be able to clear things and redraw the screen with different widgets.

[marcstober]

I found a way to do this:

        widgets = pygame_widgets.WidgetHandler.getWidgets()
        widgets.remove(button1)

[slashformotion]

that works but we should have a way to do this using the WidgetHandler directly

[gogopro-dev]

My recent pull request has been merged, now WidgetHandler does not hold a strong reference to element. That means that you have the absolute control over the widgets life cycle and the widget instantce will be destructed as soon as you hold no strong reference to it.