How can I erase a line or string drawn in a panel but not all of them

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I have a problem in my project.this is a part of my code:

C#

private void draw_notes(int x, int y)
        {
            y = (y / 5) * 5;
            
            note.DrawString("w", f1, Brushes.Black, x - 20, y - 41);
            for (int i = 9; i <= 15; i = i + 2)
            {

whit this code I can draw "w" but I can not erase some of them .
I tested

C#

note.Clear(Color.color);

but with this code whole panel will erased.

What I have tried:

I used ---note.Clear(Color.color)--- but it dosen't work because I want to clear some of them not all

Posted 30-Jun-16 23:20pm

hojatIzadi

Updated 1-Jul-16 0:08am

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OriginalGriff · Answer 1 · 2016-07-01T00:08:00

Basically speaking, you can't, not in the way you mean. It's possible to "erase" a drawn component on a panel, by drawing over it with the background, but that doesn't actually erase it - it doesn't "restore" any text or image parts that it overlapped, so they end up with big gaps in them.

The only way to do this properly is to change the way you draw things (which would be a good idea anyway - you aren't supposed to "hang on" to Graphics objects even if you created them).
Instead of drawing things when you want to, draw them all in the Panel.Paint event handler from a list of "objects" to draw, and call Invalidate on the panel when you change the list. That way, you can remove an object from the list and it will be erased from the panel without affecting other objects.
The Paint event supplies the Graphics object as part of the PaintEventArgs so you don't need to create your own.

It also has the advantage that the drawing is "persistant" - it will be redrawn as it was when you app is minimized and restored for example. Your current method does not allow for that.