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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?

Gareth
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David
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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
Gareth
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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.

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