Control Refresh Mimic

[Jay]

Hello all,

Is it possible to mimic the Ctrl. + Refresh functionality with a button
in a webpage using javascript, ideally by placing a button(or link) on
a page that when clicked would have the same effect as holding down the
Ctrl. key while clicking on the refresh button on the browser.

..J

[RobG]

Jay wrote:

Hello all,

Is it possible to mimic the Ctrl. + Refresh functionality with a button
in a webpage using javascript, ideally by placing a button(or link) on
a page that when clicked would have the same effect as holding down the
Ctrl. key while clicking on the refresh button on the browser.

What do you expect it to do? It does different things depending on the
browser and platform.

--
Rob

[Jay]

What do you expect it to do? It does different things depending on the

browser and platform.

I wanted it to have the same effect as it does on IE, although I know
that in Firefox it doesn't make any difference if you hold the Ctrl.
key down. Idealy i would like it to work on all browsers the same as it
does on IE but that's probably impossible to do in javascript.

..J

[VK]

Jay wrote:

Is it possible to mimic the Ctrl. + Refresh functionality with a button
in a webpage using javascript, ideally by placing a button(or link) on
a page that when clicked would have the same effect as holding down the
Ctrl.

1) There is not "Ctrl + Refresh" functionality. There is "reload
current page" command you can execute under Internet Explorer by using
shortcuts Ctrl+R or F5

2) Despite Ctrl+R shortcut is common to many other browsers (including
Firefox), on a long run never assume that everyone everywhere is using
the same browser that you are using. When applying to browser-specific
analogies always specify what UA are you referring to. Best of all is
avoiding any analogies all together and explaining the desired behavior
directly.

3)
<button type="button" onclick="
window.location.href = window.location.href;
">Refresh</button>