The forceRefresh prop is a Boolean prop, and when set to true, navigation to any route will result in a page refresh—instead of updating specific sections of the page, the entire page is reloaded:
<BrowserRouter forceRefresh={true}> <Link to="/dashboard">Dashboard</Link></BrowserRouter>
When you click on the navigation link Dashboard, you'll notice that the page reloads when requesting for the URL path /dashboard.
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