MouseEvent: getModifierState() method
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.
Syntax
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getModifierState(key)
Parameters
key-
A modifier key value. The value must be one of the
KeyboardEvent.keyvalues which represent modifier keys or"Accel"Deprecated . This is case-sensitive.
Return value
A boolean value.
Specifications
| Specification |
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| UI Events # dom-mouseevent-getmodifierstate |
Browser compatibility
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getModifierState | |||||||||||
"Accel" parameter | |||||||||||
See also
- The
MouseEventthis method belongs to. KeyboardEvent.getModifierState