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History.Back with refresh


I would like to have the History.back(); functionality with a complete refresh of previous page.

Any idea how to do that (and make it work in IE, FF and Chrome).


Solution

  • You could redirect (by window.location) to document.referrer

    i.e.

    window.location.href = document.referrer;
    

    Internet Explorer fix for passing referrer to a particular location:

    if(IE){ //IE, bool var, has to be defined
        var newlocation = document.createElement('a');
        newlocation.href = URLtoCall;
        document.body.appendChild(newlocation);
        newlocation.click();
    }