Preferred method to reload page with JavaScript? [closed]

Depends on what you want to do. The fourth and sixth methods there won't reload any form data, they essentially make a separate visit to the page. Some versions of Firefox also have issues with the third method. Other than that, I'd go with the fifth as a personal preference. It seems the clearest.

You may also do:

wd represents window || document:

• wd.location.assign(wd.location.href) : go to the URL
• wd.location.replace(wd.location.href) : go to the URL and replace previous page in history
• wd.location.reload(<true/false/blank>) : reload page from server/cache/cache