KeyboardEvent ctrlKey Property
Example
Was the CTRL key pressed when the event occurred?
if (event.ctrlKey) {
text = "The CTRL key was pressed!";
} else {
text = "The CTRL key was NOT pressed!";
}
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Description
The ctrlKey property returns true if
the CTRL key is pressed when a mouse event is triggered, otherwise it returns false.
The ctrlKey property is read-only.
See Also:
Syntax
event.ctrlKey
Technical Details
| Return Value: |
A Boolean.true if the CTRL key was pressed when a mouse event occured,
otherwise false.
|
|---|---|
| DOM Version: | DOM Level 2 Keyboard Events. |
Browser Support
event.ctrlKey is a DOM Level 2 (2001) feature.
It is fully supported in all browsers:
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Safari | Opera | IE |
| Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 9-11 |
