How can I check if a key is pressed during the click event with jQuery?

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You can easily detect the shift, alt and control keys from the event properties;

$("button").click(function(evt) {
  if (evt.ctrlKey)
    alert('Ctrl down');
  if (evt.altKey)
    alert('Alt down');
  // ...
});

See quirksmode for more properties. If you want to detect other keys, see cletus’s answer.

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