Refresh VF page

Question

How can I refresh a visualforce page after the save button on the page is clicked? I've tried a few methods, and none have provided the behavior I am looking for.

1. window.location.reload()

2. window.location.reload(true)

3. Returning the page's url from a function.

   public pagerefrence methodname(){
       PageReference pr = new PageReference('/apex/VFPage');
       pr.setRedirect(true);
   }
   

Answer 1

Whenever I need to rerender a page, I use a function which returns a null PageReference.

public PageReference RerenderPage() {
    return null;
}

This will rerender any sections specified in a reRender attribute on your button, and if none are specified, it will rerender the entire page.

Answer 2

You can refresh your page by two ways.

1. In yourmethod put pagereference code and give the same link.

   public pagerefrence methodname(){
        return new PageReference('/apex/VFPage');
   }
   

2. Put oncomplete in your commandlink and reload the page using javascript:

   oncomplete="window.location.reload();"