How To "Add New Item" On Quick Launch & Refresh Page

Question

On a SharePoint 2010 site how can I create an "Add New Item" link to the quick launch that will refresh the parent page when the new item is submitted?

I have used the following snippet to create the link:

JavaScript:var options=SP.UI.$create_DialogOptions();
options.url='http :// someurl.somedomain.com';
options.height = 400;
void(SP.UI.ModalDialog.showModalDialog(options))

but this does not refresh the parent page. So when the end-user submits their item they don't see the new item in the list.

Answer 1

This would refresh the page if the parent was closed via a submit button and not by clicking on the 'X'. Clicking on the 'X' would not refresh the page.

var options=SP.UI.$create_DialogOptions();
options.url='';
options.height = 400;
options.dialogReturnValueCallback = function(dialogResult) {SP.UI.ModalDialog.RefreshPage(dialogResult)};
void(SP.UI.ModalDialog.showModalDialog(options));