This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.
The reload() method of the Location interface reloads the current URL, like the Refresh button.
reload()
forceGet Non-standard Pass true to force a reload bypassing the cache. Defaults to false. Only supported in Firefox.
None (undefined).
SecurityError DOMException
Thrown if the origin of the script calling the method is not the same origin of the page originally described by the Location object, mostly when the script is hosted on a different domain.
// reload the current page window.location.reload();
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| HTML> # dom-location-reload-dev> |
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reload |
1 | 12Before Edge 79, if a page added to Trusted Sites contains a cross-origin iframe, then callingreload() from within the iframe reloads the trusted page (in other words, the top page reloads, not the iframe). |
1 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 10.1 | 1 | 1.0 | 4.4 | 1 |
Location interface it belongs to.Location.assign() and Location.replace().
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Location/reload