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MouseEvent: shiftKey property

The MouseEvent.shiftKey read-only property is a boolean value that indicates whether the shift key was pressed or not when a given mouse event occurs.

Value

A boolean value, where true indicates that the key is pressed, and false indicates that the key is not pressed.

Examples

This example logs the shiftKey property when you trigger a click event.

HTML

html

<p>Click anywhere to test the <code>shiftKey</code> property.</p>
<p id="log"></p>

JavaScript

js

let log = document.querySelector("#log");
document.addEventListener("click", logKey);

function logKey(e) {
  log.textContent = `The shift key is pressed: ${e.shiftKey}`;
}

Result

Specifications

Browser compatibility

Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Internet Explorer Opera Safari WebView Android Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet
shiftKey 1 12 1.5 9 ≤12.1 1 ≤37 18 4 ≤12.1 1 1.0

See also

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/MouseEvent/shiftKey