MouseEvent: ctrlKey property - Web APIs | MDN

Value

A boolean value, where true indicates that the key is pressed, and false indicates that the key is not pressed.

Examples

This example logs the ctrlKey property when you trigger a mousemove event.

HTML

html

<p id="log">The ctrl key was pressed while the cursor was moving: false</p>

JavaScript

js

const log = document.querySelector("#log");
window.addEventListener("mousemove", logKey);

function logKey(e) {
  log.textContent = `The ctrl key was pressed while the cursor was moving: ${e.ctrlKey}`;
}

Result

Specifications

Specification
UI Events
# dom-mouseevent-ctrlkey

Browser compatibility

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