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Refreshing Tab with window.location on prompt()

I am trying to execute a tab refresh/reload when the user types reload in the prompt(). However I am getting an error around the lines of Cannot set property of location to null which I do not understand to what it refers to.

    var command = prompt("Type...");

    if(command == "reload"){
        //Reload The Tab

        //pageurl = url to refresh
        var reload = window.open(pageurl); 
        reload.location.reload();
    }
Solution

  • Use window.location.reload() to reload the page.

     var command = prompt("Type...");
 if (command == "reload") {
     window.location.reload();
 }