Javascript : Close Thickbox and Refresh parent page

Choice 1 : When click the grey overlay, or close link or press escape key will remove ThickBox and refresh the parent page.

In the thickbox.js, add a line in the tb_remove() function

function tb_remove() {
  $("#TB_imageOff").unbind("click");
 $("#TB_closeWindowButton").unbind("click");
 $("#TB_window").fadeOut("fast",function(){$('#TB_window,#TB_overlay,#TB_HideSelect').trigger("unload").unbind().remove();});
 $("#TB_load").remove();
 if (typeof document.body.style.maxHeight == "undefined") {//if IE 6
  $("body","html").css({height: "auto", width: "auto"});
  $("html").css("overflow","");
 }
 document.onkeydown = "";
 document.onkeyup = ""; 
 parent.location.reload(1); // Add this line
 return false;
}

Choice 2 : Click a button to close the thickbox and refresh the parent page

<button onClick="parent.tb_remove(); parent.location.reload(1)">Close It</button>

Taken From : http://jquery.com/demo/thickbox/

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