⚠️⚠️⚠️ window.performance.navigation.type is deprecated, pls see Илья Зеленько’s answer
A better way to know that the page is actually reloaded is to use the navigator object that is supported by most modern browsers.
It uses the Navigation Timing API.
//check for Navigation Timing API support
if (window.performance) {
console.info("window.performance works fine on this browser");
}
console.info(performance.navigation.type);
if (performance.navigation.type == performance.navigation.TYPE_RELOAD) {
console.info( "This page is reloaded" );
} else {
console.info( "This page is not reloaded");
}source : https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Navigation_timing_API