Javascript document.location.reload does not work

Question

When I used document.location.reload() as in case1 below, it doesn't work. But when I add an alert() as in case2, it works. I want to figure out what happened?

//case1: does not work document.location='rc_msg.php?remove=0'; document.location.reload(); //case2: work document.location='rc_msg.php?remove=0'; document.location.reload(); alert("OK!!");

I did not notice I entered '=' twice, I am sorry about that. I had tried the opinion solution below, but they did not work neither

document.location is an object, you're trying to compare it to a string... — Niet the Dark Absol
– Niet the Dark Absol, Commented Dec 13, 2013 at 4:00
Your code makes no sense...What are you trying to do exactly? SHow your real code. — epascarello
– epascarello, Commented Dec 13, 2013 at 4:42

Brett Walker · Accepted Answer · 2013-12-13 03:58:00Z

1

Do you want to test the location (double equals) or assign it the new location (single equals)?

Try:

document.location='rc_msg.php?remove=0'; document.location.reload();

answered Dec 13, 2013 at 3:58

Brett Walker

3,5921 gold badge20 silver badges37 bronze badges

Sign up to request clarification or add additional context in comments.

1 Comment

epascarello Over a year ago

And what you typed makes no sense...How can you set the location and reload? ;)

kennebec · Accepted Answer · 2013-12-13 04:08:09Z

document.location returns a string, now deprecated and replaced by document.URI.

window.location (or location) is an object with a reload method.

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

Javascript document.location.reload does not work

2 Answers 2

1 Comment

Comments

Hot Network Questions

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

2 Answers 2

1 Comment

Comments

Related