Refreshing web page by WebDriver when waiting for specific condition

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pbaranski picture pbaranski · Apr 20, 2012 · Viewed 326.1k times · Source

I'm looking for more elegant way to refresh webpage during tests (I use Selenium2). I just send F5 key but I wonder if driver has method for refreshing entire webpage Here is my code 

    while(driver.findElements(By.xpath("//*[text() = 'READY']")).size() == 0 )
        driver.findElement(By.xpath("//body")).sendKeys(Keys.F5);
        //element appear after text READY is presented      
    driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("div.column a")).click();

Maybe is some better solution for finding element on manually refreshed page

Answer

Manpreet Singh picture Manpreet Singh · Apr 20, 2012

In Java or JavaScript: 

driver.navigate().refresh();

This should refresh page.

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