I have a listbox and a html <map> element on my page. The list box has 50 state names of USA. and the <map> is a html <map> with 50 <area> elemnts over an image.
I have a functionality on my page. When you select a state from list box, the appropriate <area> element is highlighted using some jquery and javascript.
My problem is, when i click on the map and hit F5, the map is refreshed, but not the list box.
But when I do Ctrl+F5, everything is refreshed.
I’m not able to figure out why this partial refresh is happening on F5.
I observe this only in firefox(I have latest version). But not in IE or safari.
That is defined behavior. F5 will reload the page including cached content; CTRL+F5 will force all content to refresh, including cached content.
EDIT
This page might help you out some more:
What requests do browsers' "F5" and "Ctrl + F5" refreshes generate?