Implement refresh button

[Andrus Moor]

I want to add a refresh button to my web page which works like browser
refresh button:
it must re-load current page from server.

How to implement this in javascript ?

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I want to add a refresh button to my web page which works like browser
refresh button:
it must re-load current page from server.

How to implement this in javascript ?

<input type="button" name="btn1" onClick="docume nt.location.rel oad
(true)" value="Reload">
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[Grant Wagner]

Andrus Moor wrote:

I want to add a refresh button to my web page which works like browser
refresh button:
it must re-load current page from server.

How to implement this in javascript ?

<a href="urlOfCurr entPage.html"
onclick="window .location.reloa d(true);return false;">Refresh </a>

or

<a href="urlOfCurr entPage.html"
onclick="window .location.href = 'urlOfCurrentPa ge.html?t=' + (new
Date()).getTime ();return false;">Refresh </a>

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[Evertjan.]

Grant Wagner wrote on 14 jul 2003 in comp.lang.javas cript:

<a href="urlOfCurr entPage.html"
onclick="window .location.reloa d(true);return false;">Refresh </a>

Why this return false ??

The page is no longer active !!!

why the true ?

This is enough, I think:

<a href="urlOfCurr entPage.html"
onclick="locati on.reload();">
Refresh
</a>
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[Evertjan.]

Evertjan. wrote on 14 jul 2003 in comp.lang.javas cript:

Grant Wagner wrote on 14 jul 2003 in comp.lang.javas cript:

<a href="urlOfCurr entPage.html"
onclick="window .location.reloa d(true);return false;">Refresh </a>

Why this return false ??

The page is no longer active !!!

why the true ?

This is enough, I think:

<a href="urlOfCurr entPage.html"
onclick="locati on.reload();">
Refresh
</a>

The second question I can answer myself:
location.reload (boolean):
false [Default]: Reloads the page from the browser cache.
true: Reloads the page from the server.

But I never saw any proof of that, does it work ????

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[Grant Wagner]

"Evertjan." wrote:

Evertjan. wrote on 14 jul 2003 in comp.lang.javas cript:

Grant Wagner wrote on 14 jul 2003 in comp.lang.javas cript:

<a href="urlOfCurr entPage.html"
onclick="window .location.reloa d(true);return false;">Refresh </a>

Why this return false ??

The page is no longer active !!!

why the true ?

This is enough, I think:

<a href="urlOfCurr entPage.html"
onclick="locati on.reload();">
Refresh
</a>

The second question I can answer myself:

location.reload (boolean):
false [Default]: Reloads the page from the browser cache.
true: Reloads the page from the server.

But I never saw any proof of that, does it work ????

I'm not sure if window.location .reload(true) guarantees a fresh copy
from the server or not, which is why I also provided a unique URL
solution as well.

As for not returning false from the onclick. While you're right that in
most cases, it is not necessary, at least one browser (IE 5.5) navigates
(or begins to navigate to) the HREF immediately after returning from the
onclick event. As a result, the navigation to the HREF tends to cancel
any redirection you do in the onclick event. For example:

<a href="#" onclick="docume nt.forms[0].submit();">Sub mit</a>

works in almost every browser except IE 5.5, which never submits the
form.

For this reason, I always return false to the onclick event (where
applicable), even when in most cases, it will never be executed.

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*
http://devedge.netscape.com/library/...ce/frames.html

* Internet Explorer DOM Reference available at:
*
http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/a...ence_entry.asp

* Netscape 6/7 DOM Reference available at:
* http://www.mozilla.org/docs/dom/domref/
* Tips for upgrading JavaScript for Netscape 6/7 and Mozilla
* http://www.mozilla.org/docs/web-deve...upgrade_2.html

[istalcup]

hi,
I used this code

<input type="button" name="btn1" onClick="docume nt.location.rel oad
(true)" value="Reload">

but it only works once! After I hit it once, all subsuqunet hits just
keep showing old data. Does it anyone what is wrong?