KeyboardEvent metaKey Property

Was the META key pressed when the event occurred?

if (event.metaKey) {
text = "The META key was pressed!";
} else {
text = "The META key was NOT pressed!";
}

Description

The metaKey property returns true if the META key is pressed when a mouse event is triggered, otherwise it returns false.

The metaKey property is read-only.

Not all keyboards have a META key.

On Windows the META key is the Window (⊞) key.

On Mac machines the META key is the Cmd (⌘) key.

event.metaKey

Return Value:	A Boolean. `true` if the META key was pressed when a mouse event occured, otherwise `false`.
DOM Version:	DOM Level 2 Keyboard Events.

event.metaKey is a DOM Level 2 (2001) feature.

It is fully supported in all browsers:


Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Safari	Opera	IE
Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	9-11