Does holding down Ctrl/Shift while clicking refresh actually have an effect in modern browsers?
I have been pressing Ctrl or Shift while clicking refresh for so long out of habit that I am not even sure it has any effect in modern browsers.
In the past it was used to do a 'hard refresh' - i.e. not reloading anything from the cache.
Does this still apply? If so, is the effect it has still the same?
Solution 1:
It does still work and helps bypass the cache - here's a break down of the shortcuts for the common browsers:
Internet Explorer
- Ctrl + F5
- Ctrl + click refresh button
Google Chrome
- Ctrl + F5
- Ctrl + click refresh button
Safari
- Version 4 or newer: Shift + click refresh button
- Version 3 or older: ⌘ + R
Firefox
- Ctrl + Shift + R
- Ctrl + F5 / ⌘ + F5
- Shift + click refresh button
Opera
- Ctrl + F5
- Shift + F5
Solution 2:
Under Firefox 4, a normal refresh will generally reload basic content such as HTML as well as CSS and JavaScript. If you force a full refresh, the browser will reload all content, including images and all other objects, from the server.