# Refresh page button
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/refresh-page-button/33726
**Category:** Dashboard
**Created:** [4 October 2020 11:48 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/refresh-page-button/33726 "2020-10-04T11:48:20Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@jamhough22](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/jamhough22)
#### Post date: [4 October 2020 11:48 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/refresh-page-button/33726/1 "2020-10-04T11:48:20Z")
I need to refresh the page or current tab but the help section of the 'ui control' node is not too helpful.
i think i understand the idea of 'Sending a blank tab name "" will refresh the current page'
but im strugeling to refresh the current page.
by using a simple button, i can send to another page with just sending the page number e.g ' 2 ' as a string type payload, but cant seem to refresh the page/current tab.
Im not sure where im going wrong.
A bit of context - I have a camera on this one page that works ok on a desktop web browser and shows the image when changing tabs but not on a iphone with node red dashboard linked directly on the home screen (i.e no browser as such it looks like an app) every time i change the tab the image disapears and i need to close it and reopen the "app" to see the image again. A simple button to refresh will sufice.
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### Author:  [@TotallyInformation](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/TotallyInformation)
#### Post date: [4 October 2020 13:25 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/refresh-page-button/33726/2 "2020-10-04T13:25:01Z")
Hi, I assume you are referring to a Dashboard page? You might like to change the category to Dashboard in that case.
You should also note that Dashboard is a single page, not multiples. The tabs are a "cheat" to make it look like multiple pages but they aren't really. So if you reload the "page", you will reset everything on all tabs.
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### Author:  [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)
#### Post date: [4 October 2020 13:41 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/refresh-page-button/33726/3 "2020-10-04T13:41:52Z")
Perhaps what you need to do is to re-inject the image html each time the tab changes (using ui\_control to trigger it).
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### Author:  [@jamhough22](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/jamhough22)
#### Post date: [4 October 2020 14:13 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/refresh-page-button/33726/4 "2020-10-04T14:13:38Z")
I have changed the category to dashboard.
I didnt know the dashboard is a single page, still refreshing the whole dashboard will still work fine. as closing and re opening the "app" is essentially the same thing.
any ideas on how to accomplish this?
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### Author:  [@jamhough22](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/jamhough22)
#### Post date: [4 October 2020 14:14 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/refresh-page-button/33726/5 "2020-10-04T14:14:54Z")
This could also work but sounds a bit more complicated than a simple refresh. just a full refresh of the dashboard is all i really need.
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### Author:  [@TotallyInformation](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/TotallyInformation)
#### Post date: [4 October 2020 14:46 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/refresh-page-button/33726/6 "2020-10-04T14:46:13Z")
You probably want this in a custom button (ui\_template):
> **[Location: reload()](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Location/reload)**
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> The Location.reload() method reloads the current URL, like the Refresh button.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [3 December 2020 14:46 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/refresh-page-button/33726/7 "2020-12-03T14:46:13Z")
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