how to clear ckeditor with jquery

Question

How can i clear the ckeditor textarea with jquery at the click of a button/link?

I have tried this : $(\"textarea.editor\").val(\'\'); and $(\"tex

Answer 1

In my code i had to change the text in the ckeditor programmatically but it did not work until i did a defered set. This may be helpful.

_.defer(function () {
    it._controls.wysiwyg.setData(bodyText); // by the direct reference
    //CKEDITOR.instances.editor1.setData(''); // or this way like in the example
});