I would like to reload an using JavaScript. The best way I found until now was set the iframe’s
src
attribute to itself, but this is
A refinement on yajra's post ... I like the thought, but hate the idea of browser detection.
I rather take ppk's view of using object detection instead of browser detection, (http://www.quirksmode.org/js/support.html), because then you're actually testing the capabilities of the browser and acting accordingly, rather than what you think the browser is capable of at that time. Also doesn't require so much ugly browser ID string parsing, and doesn't exclude perfectly capable browsers of which you know nothing about.
So, instead of looking at navigator.AppName, why not do something like this, actually testing for the elements you use? (You could use try {} blocks if you want to get even fancier, but this worked for me.)
function reload_message_frame() {
var frame_id = 'live_message_frame';
if(window.document.getElementById(frame_id).location ) {
window.document.getElementById(frame_id).location.reload(true);
} else if (window.document.getElementById(frame_id).contentWindow.location ) {
window.document.getElementById(frame_id).contentWindow.location.reload(true);
} else if (window.document.getElementById(frame_id).src){
window.document.getElementById(frame_id).src = window.document.getElementById(frame_id).src;
} else {
// fail condition, respond as appropriate, or do nothing
alert("Sorry, unable to reload that frame!");
}
}
This way, you can go try as many different permutations as you like or is necessary, without causing javascript errors, and do something sensible if all else fails. It's a little more work to test for your objects before using them, but, IMO, makes for better and more failsafe code.
Worked for me in IE8, Firefox (15.0.1), Chrome (21.0.1180.89 m), and Opera (12.0.2) on Windows.
Maybe I could do even better by actually testing for the reload function, but that's enough for me right now. :)