Reloads the window that the devtools are attached to.
Reloads the window that the devtools are attached to.
browser.devtools.inspectedWindow.reload( reloadOptions // object )
reloadOptions Optional
object. Options for the function, as follows:
ignoreCache Optional
boolean. If true, this makes the reload ignore the browser cache (as if the user had pressed Shift+Ctrl+R).
userAgent Optional
string. Set a custom user agent for the page. The string supplied here will be sent in the browser's User-Agent header, and will be returned by calls to navigator.userAgent made by scripts running in the page.
injectedScript Optional
string. Inject the given JavaScript expression into all frames in the page, before any other scripts.
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari | WebView Android | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | |
reload |
Yes | 79 | 54 | ? | Yes | 16 | ? | ? | No | ? | No | ? |
Reload the inspected window, setting the user agent and injecting a script:
const reloadButton = document.querySelector("#reload-button"); reloadButton.addEventListener("click", () => { browser.devtools.inspectedWindow.reload({ injectedScript:"alert(navigator.userAgent);", userAgent: "Not a real UA" }); });
Note: This API is based on Chromium's chrome.devtools API.
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions/API/devtools/inspectedWindow/reload