HTML DOM KeyboardEvent shiftKey Property

HTML Web Development Front End Technology

The HTML DOM KeyboardEvent shiftKey property returns the Boolean value (true/false) corresponding to if shift key was pressed using an event or not.

Syntax

Following is the syntax −

Returning booleanValue −

event.shiftKey

Example

Let us see an example for KeyboardEvent shiftKey property −

Live Demo

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>KeyboardEvent shiftKey</title>
<style>
   form {
      width:70%;
      margin: 0 auto;
      text-align: center;
   }
   * {
      padding: 2px;
      margin:5px;
   }
   input[type="button"] {
      border-radius: 10px;
   }
</style>
</head>
<body>
<form>
<fieldset>
<legend>KeyboardEvent-shiftKey</legend>
<label>Editor:
<input type="text" id="textSelect" onkeydown="getEventData(event)" autocomplete="off">
</label>
<div id="divDisplay">I Dare you to press the shift key</div>
</fieldset>
</form>
<script>
   var divDisplay = document.getElementById("divDisplay");
   var textSelect = document.getElementById("textSelect");
   function getEventData(InputEvent) {
   if(InputEvent.shiftKey === true)
      divDisplay.textContent = 'You are very brave!';
   else
      divDisplay.textContent = 'You scared enough?';
   }
</script>
</body>
</html>