The MouseEvent.getModifierState() method returns the current state of the specified modifier key: true if the modifier is active (i.e., the modifier key is pressed or locked), otherwise, false.
See KeyboardEvent.getModifierState() for details.
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getModifierState(key)
key A modifier key value. The value must be one of the KeyboardEvent.key values which represent modifier keys or "Accel" Deprecated . This is case-sensitive.
A boolean value.
| Specification |
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| UI Events # dom-mouseevent-getmodifierstate |
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari | WebView Android | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | |
getModifierState |
47 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 34 | 12.1 | 47 | 47 | 15 | 34 | 12.2 | 5.0 |
accel_support |
No | No | 32 | No | No | No | No | No | 32 | No | No | No |
MouseEvent this method belongs to.KeyboardEvent.getModifierState
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