Automatic web-page refresh using xdotool - not sending key after window focus

Question

Given:

I have Firefox with the [Firefox Page Title] page open on my Ubuntu computer.

Here is my command:

Answer 1

The following xdotool command works perfectly for me (switches to the first found Firefox window, refreshes current tab):

xdotool search "Navigator" windowactivate key 'ctrl+r'

Running Ubuntu 14.04.1 on xdotool 3.20140217.1