What exactly does a CTRL-F5 refresh do?

[WobbleWobble]

I first learned of this when I started working at the company I am working at now.

We have a proxy server that seems to cache pages at the proxy level, even though updated versions on the web server. A normal refresh of F5 didn't get the newest version, but a CTRL-F5 does. So can anyone tell me exactly what CTRL-F5 does?

 

[igowerf]

CTRL + F5 redownloads the page. F5 reloads content from the browser cache.

 

[lektrix]

Originally posted by: igowerf
CTRL + F5 redownloads the page. F5 reloads content from the browser cache.

Yep.

 

[Mark R]

In particular - a Ctrl-F5 refresh causes the browser to send a command to the proxy server, telling the proxy server to delete it's cached copy and to redownload the page.

 

[Argo]

Originally posted by: igowerf
CTRL + F5 redownloads the page. F5 reloads content from the browser cache.

F5 redownloads the page in my experience as well. At the very least it causes to refresh the stylesheets.

 

[igowerf]

Originally posted by: Argo

Originally posted by: igowerf
CTRL + F5 redownloads the page. F5 reloads content from the browser cache.

F5 redownloads the page in my experience as well. At the very least it causes to refresh the stylesheets.

I think it redownloads the HTML and CSS, but reloads the images and stuff from the browser cache. If the page dynamically pulls a picture, then the picture will be updated because the actual HTML code changed.

 

[Xyclone]

Originally posted by: igowerf
CTRL + F5 redownloads the page. F5 reloads content from the browser cache.