MouseEvent: getModifierState() method
Baseline Widely available
This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since March 2019.
TheMouseEvent.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.
SeeKeyboardEvent.getModifierState() for details.
Syntax
js
getModifierState(key)Parameters
keyA 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 |
|---|
| UI Events # dom-mouseevent-getmodifierstate |
Browser compatibility
See also
- The
MouseEventthis method belongs to. KeyboardEvent.getModifierState