Redraw the location bar on reload

chrome/browser/browser.cc

 // Copyright (c) 2006-2009 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 // found in the LICENSE file.
 
 #include "chrome/browser/browser.h"
 
 #include "base/command_line.h"
 #include "base/idle_timer.h"
 #include "base/logging.h"
 #include "base/string_util.h"
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     WebContents* web_contents = current_tab->AsWebContents();
     if (web_contents && web_contents->showing_interstitial_page()) {
       NavigationEntry* entry = current_tab->controller().GetActiveEntry();
       DCHECK(entry);  // Should exist if interstitial is showing.
       OpenURL(entry->url(), GURL(), CURRENT_TAB, PageTransition::RELOAD);
       return;
     }
   }
 
   if (current_tab) {
+    // Forcibly reset the location bar, since otherwise it won't discard any
+    // ongoing user edits, since it doesn't realize this is a user-initiated
+    // action.
+    window_->GetLocationBar()->Revert();
     // As this is caused by a user action, give the focus to the page.
     current_tab->Focus();
     current_tab->controller().Reload(true);
   }
 }
 
 void Browser::Home(WindowOpenDisposition disposition) {
   UserMetrics::RecordAction(L"Home", profile_);
   OpenURL(GetHomePage(), GURL(), disposition, PageTransition::AUTO_BOOKMARK);
 }
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   // We need to register the window position pref.
   std::wstring window_pref(prefs::kBrowserWindowPlacement);
   window_pref.append(L"_");
   window_pref.append(app_name);
   PrefService* prefs = g_browser_process->local_state();
   DCHECK(prefs);
 
   prefs->RegisterDictionaryPref(window_pref.c_str());
 }