Uncaught TypeError: window.reload is not a function

Question

I am trying to print an image from inside a div, the code runs ok but when the print dialog pops up, I would like the page to stay the same while actually it is showing only the picture as the window.reload doesn't work for some reasons. The javascript is telling me in console "Uncaught TypeError: window.reload is not a function"but i don't understand why.

  function printDiv(printableArea) {
    var printContents = document.getElementById("printableArea").innerHTML;
    var originalContents = document.body.innerHTML;
    document.body.innerHTML = printContents;
    window.print();
    window.close();
    window.reload();
  }

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<input type="button" onclick="printDiv('printableArea')" value="print a div!" />

Answer 1

The reason you are getting the error is that there is no window.reload() method. You might want to use location.reload() to reload the page instead.