How do I clear a WebView's content before loading a page?

Question

I have an embedded WebView in my Cocoa application in which I load an external web page. Each time the user clicks on a button, the view opens and shows the page.

The problem is that the second time the user opens the WebView, the previous page is still visible. Instead I'd like to show a blank/empty page (together with a progress indicator).

How can I clear a WebView before loading a new page?

The closest solution I could find was to call this:

[webView stringByEvaluatingJavaScriptFromString:@"document.open();document.close()"];

Is there a better way to do this?

Thanks!

score 20 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 09 '11 at 23:48

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Try this... Load "about:blank"

answered Jan 09 '11 at 23:48

Dave

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Thanks! Why didn't I think of this... Sometimes it's the simple things in life... – Mark Jan 10 '11 at 04:39
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`[NSURLRequest requestWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@"about:blank"]];` – Vincent Tourraine Jan 30 '14 at 13:52

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 28 '13 at 14:22

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[self.webView loadHTMLString:nil
                     baseURL:nil];

Worked for me nice.

answered Mar 28 '13 at 14:22

Nikolay Shubenkov

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This method only exists in a `UIWebView` (Cocoa Touch/iOS), whereas the question asks about `WebView` (Cocoa/OS X). – Michael Waterfall May 15 '14 at 17:52

How do I clear a WebView's content before loading a page?

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