Viewerframe Mode Refresh
Feature Specification: viewerframe Mode Refresh
1. Overview
The viewerframe mode refresh mechanism enables developers to programmatically trigger a reload or state reset of an embedded content viewer. This is particularly useful when the underlying data changes, or when toggling between different viewing contexts (e.g., switching from a "Draft" view to a "Published" view).
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- Browser F5 / Reload: This reloads the entire HTML page, destroying all memory. Viewerframe mode refresh only targets the visual container, leaving UI elements intact.
- Codec Reset: Harder than a viewerframe refresh. A codec reset tears down the entire encoder/decoder pipeline. A viewerframe refresh is "soft."
- Texture Re-upload (OpenGL): This is graphics-specific. A viewerframe refresh occurs at the application logic layer above the GPU.