javascript page refresh in Safari

Question

I am trying figure out how to refresh page in Safari (5.1) using javascript and nothing seems to work.

So far, I have tried,

• window.location.href = window.location.href
• window.location = window.location.href
• window.location.reload(true)
• window.location.replace(window.location.href)

What is the right way of handling page refresh in Safari?

Answer 1

Apparently, Safari on Mac or iOS has a bug with location.reload, so, I've developed this simple cross browser solution taking advantage of the url query string:

function refresh() {
  var url = location.origin;
  var pathname = location.pathname;
  var hash = location.hash;

  location = url + pathname + '?application_refresh=' + (Math.random() * 100000) + hash;
}