MouseEvent metaKey Property
Example
Was the "META" key pressed when the mouse button was clicked:
if (event.metaKey) {
let text = "The META key was pressed!"
} else {
let text = "The META key was NOT pressed!");
}
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Description
The metaKey property returns true if
the META key is pressed when a mouse event is triggered, otherwise it returns false.
The metaKey property is read-only.
Note
Not all keyboards have a META key.
On Windows it is the Window ⊞ key. On Mac machines it is the Cmd ⌘ key.
See Also:
Syntax
event.metaKey
Technical Details
| Return Value: |
A Boolean.true if the META key was pressed when a mouse event occured,
otherwise false.
|
|---|---|
| DOM Version: | DOM Level 2 Events |
Browser Support
event.metaKey is a DOM Level 2 (2001) feature.
It is fully supported in all browsers:
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Safari | Opera | IE |
| Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 9-11 |
