The HTML DOM KeyboardEvent metaKey property returns the Boolean value (true/false) corresponding to if meta key was pressed using an event or not.
Syntax
Following is the syntax −
Returning booleanValue −
event.metaKey
Example
Let us see an example for KeyboardEvent metaKey property −
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>KeyboardEvent metaKey</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-metaKey</legend>
<label>Editor:
<input type="text" id="textSelect" onkeydown="getEventData(event)" autocomplete="off">
</label>
<div id="divDisplay">I Dare you to press the meta key</div>
</fieldset>
</form>
<script>
var divDisplay = document.getElementById("divDisplay");
var textSelect = document.getElementById("textSelect");
function getEventData(InputEvent) {
if(InputEvent.metaKey === true)
divDisplay.textContent = 'You are very brave!';
else
divDisplay.textContent = 'You scared enough?';
}
</script>
</body>
</html>Output
This will produce the following output −
Before typing anything in the text field −
After typing wrong answer in the text field −
After typing correct answer in the text field −
