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JavaScript - detect Ctrl key pressed
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In this short article, we would like to show how to detect if Ctrl key was pressed using JavaScript.
Quick solution:
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<script>2
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var handleMouseClick = function(e) {4
if (e.ctrlKey) {5
console.log('Ctrl key was pressed with mouse click.');6
}7
};8
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</script>10
<input placeholder="Press Ctrl key and click with mouse." onclick="handleMouseClick(event)" />
Only Ctrl key pressed detection:
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<script>2
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var handleKeyUp = function(e) {4
if (e.key === 'Control') {5
console.log('Ctrl key was pressed.');6
}7
};8
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</script>10
<input placeholder="Click me and press Ctrl key ..." onkeyup="handleKeyUp(event)" />
