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MouseEvent shiftKey Property

❮ DOM Events
❮ MouseEvent

Find out whether or not the "SHIFT" key was pressed when a mouse button is
clicked:

if (event.shiftKey)
alert("The SHIFT key was pressed!");

else
alert("The SHIFT key was NOT pressed!");

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Definition and Usage

The shiftKey property returns a Boolean value that indicates whether or not the "SHIFT" key was pressed when a mouse event was triggered.

Note: This property is read-only.

Property
shiftKey	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

event.shiftKey

Return Value:	A Boolean, indicating whether the "SHIFT" key was pressed when the mouse event occured. Possible values: true - The shift key was pressed false - The shift key was not pressed
DOM Version:	DOM Level 2 Events

Return Value:

A Boolean, indicating whether the "SHIFT" key was pressed when the mouse event occured.

Possible values:

DOM Version:

DOM Level 2 Events

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❮ DOM Events
❮ MouseEvent