To find out if capslock is on inside an input field with JavaScript, the code is as follows −
Example
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
#textBox {
display: none;
color: red;
}
</style>
<body>
<h1>Detecting Caps Lock Example</h1>
<input class="inputfield" value="Some textBox.." />
<h2>Press caps lock in the above input field to check warning</h2>
<h2 class="textBox">WARNING! Caps lock is ON.</h2>
<script>
var input = document.querySelector(".inputfield");
var textBox = document.querySelector(".textBox");
input.addEventListener("keyup", event => {
if (event.getModifierState("CapsLock")) {
textBox.style.display = "block";
} else {
textBox.style.display = "none";
}
});
</script>
</body>
</html>Output
The above code will produce the following output −
On typing something in the input field with capslock on −
