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June 23, 2017

#1854: Refresh Types explain

Refresh Types

[A table with three columns is shown. The header is:]

Refresh Type; Example Shortcuts; Effect

[First row:]

Soft Refresh

[The word refresh has a border to mimic a button:]

Gmail REFRESH Button

Requests update within JavaScript

[Second row:]

Normal Refresh

[Two PC shortcuts and the Apple command key followed by an R:]

F5, CTRL-R, ⌘R

Refreshes page

[Third row:]

Hard Refresh

[One PC shortcut, the combination Control plus Shift, and the Apple command key followed by Shift and R:]

CTRL-F5, CTRL-⇧, ⌘⇧R

Refreshes page including cached files

[Fourth row:]

Harder Refresh

[One single combination using Control plus Shift plus Hyper plus Escape plus R plus F5:]

CTRL-⇧-HYPER-ESC-R-F5

Remotely cycles power to datacenter

[Fifth row:]

Hardest Refresh

[One single combination using Control plus the Apple command key plus the Windows key plus Shift plus the hash key plus R plus F5 plus F plus 5 plus Escape plus the letter O plus a slashed zero plus a slashed letter O plus an eject sign plus Scroll Lock:]

CTRL-⌘⇧#-R-F5-F-5-ESC-O-0-Ø-⏏-SCROLL LOCK

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