128
votes

I need a button that will refresh the page on the user's click. I tried this:

<input type="button" value="Reload Page" onClick="reload">

or

<input type="button" value="Refresh Page" onClick="refresh">

But neither worked.

14

14 Answers

287
votes

Use onClick with window.location.reload(), i.e. :

<button onClick="window.location.reload();">Refresh Page</button>

Or history.go(0), i.e.:

<button onClick="history.go(0);">Refresh Page</button>

Or window.location.href=window.location.href for 'full' reload, i.e.:

<button onClick="window.location.href=window.location.href">Refresh Page</button>

The Button element - developer.mozilla.org

13
votes

This works for me:

function refreshPage(){
    window.location.reload();
} 
<button type="submit" onClick="refreshPage()">Refresh Button</button>
8
votes
<a onClick="window.location.reload()">Refresh</a>

This really works perfect for me.

8
votes

Only this realy reloads page (Today)

<input type="button" value="Refresh Page" onClick="location.href=location.href">

Others do not exactly reload. They keep values inside text boxes.

5
votes
<button onclick=location=URL>Refresh</button>

This might look funny but it really does the trick.

5
votes

button that refresh the page on click

Use onClick button with window.location.reload():

<button onClick="window.location.reload();">
5
votes

I noticed that all the answers here use inline onClick handlers. It's generally recommended to keep HTML and Javascript separate.

Here's an answer that adds a click event listener directly to the button. When it's clicked, it calls location.reload which causes the page to reload with the current URL.

const refreshButton = document.querySelector('.refresh-button');

const refreshPage = () => {
  location.reload();
}

refreshButton.addEventListener('click', refreshPage)
.demo-image {
  display: block;
}
<button class="refresh-button">Refresh!</button>
<img class="demo-image" src="https://picsum.photos/200/300">
4
votes

just create the empty reference on link such as following

 <a href="" onclick="dummy(0);return false;" >
4
votes
<button onClick="window.location.reload();">Reload</button>

Or you can also use

<form action="<same page url>" method="GET">
<button>Reload</button>
</form>

Note: Change "<same page link>" with the url of same page you want to reload. for example: <form action="home.html> method="GET">

2
votes

Use this its work fine for me to reload the same page:

<button onClick="window.location.reload();">
2
votes

Though the question is for button, but if anyone wants to refresh the page using <a>, you can simply do

<a href="./">Reload</a>
0
votes

If you are looking for a form reset:

<input type="reset" value="Reset Form Values"/>

or to reset other aspects of the form not handled by the browser

<input type="reset" onclick="doFormReset();" value="Reset Form Values"/>

Using jQuery

function doFormReset(){
    $(".invalid").removeClass("invalid");
}
0
votes

I didn't want to use JavaScript, so I figured out a way using a "hidden form." Here's an example:

<form method="get" accept-charset="utf-8">
  <label for="name">Name:</label>
  <input type="text" id="name" name="name">

  <input type="submit" value="Read">
  <input type="submit" value="Reload" form="hidden_form">
</form>

<form id="hidden_form" method="get"></form>
-5
votes
window.opener.location.href ='workItem.adm?wiId='+${param.wiId};

It will go to the required path and you won't get any resend prompt.