Reloading is not consistent in different browsers

Question

We are working with the gwt-java application. In one case i need to reload my browser window in my application, that's why i wanted to use 'Window.Location.reload()' which is not working consistently then i used force reloading of an application which is working in 'Chrome' but continuously reloading window in Firefox and IE(not working properly).

Chrome - Version 40.0.2214.45 beta-m (64-bit) Firefox - 24.0 IE - 11

forceReload():

 private static native void forceReload() /*-{
  $wnd.location.reload(true);
}-*/;

what is the best way to reload browser window?

Please paint a wider picture of your issue, e.g. your code that (conditionally?) invokes the `forceReload`. — geert3, Jan 09 '15 at 09:25

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 09 '15 at 07:21

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two options:

1) Window.Location.reload();

Reloads the current browser window. All GWT state will be lost.

2) Window.Location.replace("myUrl");

Replaces the current URL with a new one. All GWT state will be lost. In the browser's history, the current URL will be replaced by the new URL.

also, window.location.reload(true) refer here

Something as below

public static native void reload(boolean force) /*-{
  $wnd.location.reload(force);
}-*/;   // by default force reload is false

answered Jan 09 '15 at 07:21

Ankur Singhal

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Thank you @ankur, but i am getting problems with different browsers. – User Jan 09 '15 at 07:24
@User please post for which browsers it works fine, and for which does not, plus check for browser and OS compatibility as well if required in your case. – Ankur Singhal Jan 09 '15 at 07:28
@User have you tried using `Window.Location.replace("myUrl")` – Ankur Singhal Jan 09 '15 at 07:36
I can try that with url but i need to construct url for that. – User Jan 09 '15 at 08:38
@User i hope you get the current window url `Window.Location.getHref()` – Ankur Singhal Jan 09 '15 at 08:44
Let us [continue this discussion in chat](http://chat.stackoverflow.com/rooms/68468/discussion-between-user-and-ankur-singhal). – User Jan 09 '15 at 09:02

薛源少 · Answer 2 · 2015-01-09T08:56:16.680

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You mean that you only want your page to reload one time when the condition meet? I edited my answer, and see whether you can add a "dummy flag" to indicate the event/ condition to load it for one time only.

if (YourCondition == true && yourConditionFlag  == true){

    yourConditionFlag = false;
    location.reload(true);
}

edited Jan 09 '15 at 08:56

answered Jan 09 '15 at 07:49

薛源少

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yes exactly, but the loading is happening forever even if i have condition like above in firefox and ie. – User Jan 09 '15 at 08:37
It would be helpful if you mentioned what is the condition are? some code maybe, see whether the edited answer fix your need? – 薛源少 Jan 09 '15 at 08:57
it is our own condition like: if(existingId.equals(newId) == false) { private static native void forceReload() /*-{ $wnd.location.reload(true); }-*/; } – User Jan 09 '15 at 09:05
This will very likely not help since after reload all GWT (client side) state is lost. `yourConditionFlag` doesn't survive the reload. – geert3 Jan 09 '15 at 09:24
If you can pass the `yourConditionFlag` value to servlet? [Please refer this](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18472199/access-gwt-post-parameters-via-servlet) – 薛源少 Jan 09 '15 at 09:38

Reloading is not consistent in different browsers

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