Full Refresh of page - Ctrl+F5

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I would like to know how to implement a "ctrl+f5" command into my HTML page. I can use javascript or html.

It should be run only when people click in a link.

Thanks, Alex

possible duplicate of [What is an elegant way to force browsers to reload cached CSS/JS files?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/118884/what-is-an-elegant-way-to-force-browsers-to-reload-cached-css-js-files) — Diodeus - James MacFarlane, Apr 03 '14 at 14:54
See https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Location.reload for a documentation — Stephan Kulla, Apr 03 '14 at 17:26
See [javascript - Is $window.location.reload(true) the equivalent of CTRL+F5? - Stack Overflow](https://stackoverflow.com/a/45630232/6264260) The main difference: Ctrl-F5 will cause all the attached resources also to reload (scripts, images ...) while the reload(true) will not, the main page (html) will be requested but resources can still be loaded from cache. — Lancer.Yan, Dec 12 '19 at 03:50

score 27 · Accepted Answer · edited Jan 03 '21 at 01:54

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~~You should be able to use this javascript to suite your need:~~

onClick="window.location.reload(true)"

window.location.reload(true) has been deprecated. You can use:

window.location.href = window.location.href

edited Jan 03 '21 at 01:54

abadillo

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answered Apr 03 '14 at 14:57

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Please notice, that this may reload the site from the cache... Use reload(true) if you want a real site reload. – Stephan Kulla Apr 03 '14 at 17:27
Also note that this won't reload any external resources like images ecc. – Channel Mar 18 '20 at 09:03
if we set the parameter to false... what's the difference? – gumuruh Jul 21 '20 at 07:56
What's the definite solution? Many times customer has cached version of a web site. We enabled a web service to detect if there is a new version on Page mount. In case there is a new one, we want to enable a refresh link that will take a new (non cached) version – Jack Casas Jun 02 '22 at 08:57

score 10 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 03 '14 at 14:54

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Something like this?

<a href="document.location.reload(true);document.location='/mylink'">Click here to refresh the page</a>

answered Apr 03 '14 at 14:54

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That's nice, but I would like to embed it in another link. Is that possible? – user2521589 Apr 03 '14 at 14:54

score 8 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 03 '14 at 14:56

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you can create a button for refresh , add the following code into your html page

<a href="JavaScript: location.reload(true);">Refresh page</a>

answered Apr 03 '14 at 14:56

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– wissem46 Apr 03 '14 at 14:59
and you should add this :) – wissem46 Apr 03 '14 at 14:59

score 0 · Answer 4 · edited Mar 13 '23 at 05:52

for automatically refresh you can use a function , like this !

<html>
   <head>
      
      <script type = "text/JavaScript">
         <!--
            function AutoRefresh( t ) {
               setTimeout("location.reload(true);", t);
            }
         //-->
      </script>
      
   </head>


<div id="54666751046"><script type="text/JavaScript" src="https://www.aparat.com/embed/OCINE?data[rnddiv]=54666751046&data[responsive]=yes&muted=true&autoplay=true"></script></div> 
   
   <body onload = "JavaScript:AutoRefresh(5000);">
      <p>This page will refresh every 5 seconds.</p>
   </body>
   
</html>

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