The TouchEvent metaKey property is a read-only property and used for returning a Boolean value which indicates whether or not the “meta” key was pressed when a touch event triggered.
It mostly returns false because generally, touch devices do not have a meta key.
Syntax:
event.metaKey
Return Value: It returns true if the meta key is pressed, else it returns false.
Below program illustrates the TouchEvent metaKey property :
Example: Finding out whether the “Meta” key was pressed on the touch screen or not.
HTML
<!DOCTYPE html>
< html >
< meta name="viewport"
content=" width = device -width,
initial-scale = 1 ">
< head >
< title >TouchEvent metaKey property in HTML
</ title >
< style >
h1 {
color: green;
}
h2 {
font-family: Impact;
}
body {
text-align: center;
}
</ style >
</ head >
< body ontouchstart="isKeyPressed(event)">
< h1 >GeeksforGeeks</ h1 >
< h2 >TouchEvent metaKey property</ h2 >
< br >
< p >Touch somewhere in the document and wait
for an alert to tell if the meta key was pressed or not.</ p >
< script >
function count(event) {
if (event.metaKey) {
alert("Meta key has been pressed!");
} else {
alert("Meta key has not been pressed!");
}
}
</ script >
</ body >
</ html >
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Output:
- Before clicking the button:

- After clicking the button:

Supported Browsers:
- Google Chrome 22 and above
- Edge 79 and above
- Firefox 52 and above
- Opera 15 and above
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Last Updated :
10 Jun, 2022
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