Individual Frames May Not Be Refreshed as Expected

 Last reviewed: September 29, 1997
Article ID: Q160626
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 3.0, 3.01, 3.02 for Windows 95
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 3.0, 3.01, 3.02a for Windows 3.1

SYMPTOMS

When you are viewing a Web page with multiple frames and you click Refresh, the page may not be updated as you expect.

If you navigate to another site within a frame, you lose the page within the frame when you click Refresh.

CAUSE

When you click Refresh, the original page is updated.

RESOLUTION

To refresh a frame within a page, use the right mouse button to click in the frame you want to refresh, and then click Refresh on the menu that appears.

STATUS

This behavior is by design.

KBCategory: kbui
KBSubcategory: msiew31 msiew95
Additional reference words: 3.00 3.01 ie30 ie301
Keywords : msiew31 msiew95 kbui
Version : 3.0 3.01 3.02 3.02a
Platform : WINDOWS

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Last reviewed: September 29, 1997
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