From d75345b997e449bf9ac397576afaf08443432448 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pier CeccoPierangioliEugenio
 <ceccopierangiolieugenio@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2025 09:32:00 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] feat(TextEdit): add clear method (#458)

---
 libs/pyTermTk/TermTk/TTkGui/textdocument.py | 3 +++
 libs/pyTermTk/TermTk/TTkWidgets/texedit.py  | 4 +++-
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/libs/pyTermTk/TermTk/TTkGui/textdocument.py b/libs/pyTermTk/TermTk/TTkGui/textdocument.py
index 15535b6a..a9f86baa 100644
--- a/libs/pyTermTk/TermTk/TTkGui/textdocument.py
+++ b/libs/pyTermTk/TermTk/TTkGui/textdocument.py
@@ -238,6 +238,9 @@ class TTkTextDocument():
     def characterCount(self):
         return sum([len[x] for x in self._dataLines])+self.lineCount()
 
+    def clear(self):
+        self.setText(self._default_init_text)
+
     def setText(self, text:TTkStringType) -> None:
         remLines = len(self._dataLines)
         if not isinstance(text, str) and not isinstance(text,TTkString):
diff --git a/libs/pyTermTk/TermTk/TTkWidgets/texedit.py b/libs/pyTermTk/TermTk/TTkWidgets/texedit.py
index 77288a04..25f6fd2a 100644
--- a/libs/pyTermTk/TermTk/TTkWidgets/texedit.py
+++ b/libs/pyTermTk/TermTk/TTkWidgets/texedit.py
@@ -619,7 +619,9 @@ class TTkTextEditView(TTkAbstractScrollView):
 
             The undo/redo history is also cleared.
         '''
-        self.setText(TTkString())
+        self.viewMoveTo(0, 0)
+        self._textDocument.clear()
+        self._updateSize()
 
     def lineWrapMode(self) -> TTkK.LineWrapMode:
         '''