How to Force reloading the current page in javascript?

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I am using a hyperlink

<a href="index2.htm">Redirect</a>

If I click Redirect hyperlink, it is redirecting to index2.htm file. If I go back (especially back button which I gave in index2.htm) to the previous page (index.htm), it is not reloading in firefox. It is working fine in IE..I need to force reload the index.htm file in firefox..

Is it possible>

Helpful · Accepted Answer · 2014-04-17 05:17:00Z

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If you want the original page (the page containing the redirect link) to be refreshed (that is, not cached) you can use a few meta headers:

<meta http-equiv="cache-control" content="max-age=0" />
<meta http-equiv="cache-control" content="no-cache" />
<meta http-equiv="expires" content="0" />
<meta http-equiv="expires" content="Tue, 01 Jan 1980 1:00:00 GMT" />
<meta http-equiv="pragma" content="no-cache" />

If you want the original page to automatically redirect to index2, try inserting the following at the beginning of your <body>: <script type="text/javascript">window.location.href="index2.html";</script>

But that's an ugly way to do it. I suggest looking up 503 redirects for a properly-done (nice to SEO) way.

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Portekoi · Accepted Answer · 2014-04-17 07:17:17Z

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Try this :

window.location.href = document.referrer;

Fiddle example :

http://jsfiddle.net/9HU86/3/

edited Apr 17, 2014 at 7:17

answered Apr 17, 2014 at 5:07

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UI_Dev Over a year ago

Already I am having different class for the button..what shall i do?

Dan Hlavenka Over a year ago

You should also be able to just use window.location.reload()

Portekoi Over a year ago

i've update my Fiddle example by using an ID and not a class. Just take it, add your class and enjoy

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