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.
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.
A boolean value, where true
indicates that the key is pressed, and false
indicates that the key is not pressed.
This example logs the shiftKey
property when you trigger a click
event.
html
<p>Click anywhere to test the <code>shiftKey</code> property.</p> <p id="log"></p>
js
let log = document.querySelector("#log"); document.addEventListener("click", logKey); function logKey(e) { log.textContent = `The shift key is pressed: ${e.shiftKey}`; }
Specification |
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UI Events # dom-mouseevent-shiftkey |
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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 |
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/MouseEvent/shiftKey