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What is the difference between JavaScript's
window.location.href = window.location.href
and
window.location.reload()
functions?
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Using window. reload() method to reload or refresh the current page. location. reload(true/false) method takes a parameter to determine how the page should be reloaded. True:- Will reload the page from server(uncached).
window. location is read/write on all compliant browsers. document. location is read-only in Internet Explorer (at least), but read/write in Gecko-based browsers (Firefox, SeaMonkey).
The window. location is read/write on all compliant browsers. The document. location is read-only in Internet Explorer but read/write in Firefox, SeaMonkey that are Gecko-based browsers.
The replace() method of the Location interface replaces the current resource with the one at the provided URL. The difference from the assign() method is that after using replace() the current page will not be saved in session History , meaning the user won't be able to use the back button to navigate to it.
If I remember correctly, window.location.reload() reloads the current page with POST data, while window.location.href=window.location.href does not include the POST data.
As noted by @W3Max in the comments below, window.location.href=window.location.href will not reload the page if there's an anchor (#) in the URL - You must use window.location.reload() in this case.
Also, as noted by @Mic below, window.location.reload() takes an additional argument skipCache so that with using window.location.reload(true) the browser will skip the cache and reload the page from the server. window.location.reload(false) will do the opposite, and load the page from cache if possible.
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If you say window.location.reload(true) the browser will skip the cache and reload the page from the server. window.location.reload(false) will do the opposite.
Note: default value for window.location.reload() is false
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