HTML | DOM TouchEvent shiftKey Property

Last Updated : 10 Jun, 2022

The TouchEvent shiftKey property is a read-only property and used for returning a Boolean value which indicates whether or not the “shift” key was pressed when a touch event was triggered.

The TouchEvent shiftKey property mostly returns false because generally, touch devices do not have a shift key.

Syntax :

event.shiftKey

Return Value: It returns true if the shift key is pressed, else it returns false.

Below program illustrates the TouchEvent shiftKey property :

Example: Finding out whether the “shift” 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 shiftKey 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 shiftKey property</h2>
    <br>
 
    <p>Touch somewhere in the document and wait for
      an alert to tell if the shift key was pressed or not.</p>
 
    <script>
        function count(event) {
           
            //  Check whether the shift key is 
            //  pressed or not
            if (event.shiftKey) {
                alert("Shift key has been pressed!");
            } else {
                alert("Shift key has not been pressed!");
            }
        }
    </script>
 
</body>
 
</html>