jQuery event.metaKey Property

Last Updated : 08 Jul, 2020

The event.metaKey property in jQuery is used to identify whether the meta key is pressed or not. There are two examples discussed below.
Syntax:

event.metaKey

Return Value: It returns “true” if the key is meta key else it returns “false”.

Example 1: In this example, type in the <input> element and see the result.

<!DOCTYPE HTML> 
<html> 
  
<head> 
    <title> 
        jQuery event.metaKey Property 
    </title> 
  
    <script src= 
"https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.5.0.js"> 
    </script> 
</head> 
  
<body style="text-align:center;"> 
  
    <h1 style="color:green;"> 
        GeeksForGeeks 
    </h1> 
      
    <p id="GFG_UP"></p> 
  
    <input type="text" 
        onkeydown="Geeks(event)" /> 
  
    <p id="GFG_DOWN"></p> 
  
    <script> 
        var elUp = document.getElementById("GFG_UP"); 
        var elDown = document.getElementById("GFG_DOWN"); 
        elUp.innerHTML = "JQuery | event.metaKey property"; 
  
        function Geeks(event) { 
            if (event.metaKey) { 
                elDown.innerHTML =  
                    "The META key was pressed!"; 
            } else { 
                elDown.innerHTML =  
                    "The META key was NOT pressed!"; 
            } 
        }  
    </script> 
</body> 
  
</html> 

Output:

Example 2: Press any button from anywhere in the document and see the result.

<!DOCTYPE HTML> 
<html> 
  
<head> 
    <title> 
        JQuery event.metaKey Property 
    </title> 
  
    <script src= 
"https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.5.0.js"> 
    </script> 
</head> 
  
<body style="text-align:center;"> 
  
    <h1 style="color:green;"> 
        GeeksForGeeks 
    </h1> 
      
    <p id="GFG_UP"></p> 
  
    <p id="GFG_DOWN"></p> 
  
    <script> 
        var elUp = document.getElementById("GFG_UP"); 
        var elDown = document.getElementById("GFG_DOWN"); 
        elUp.innerHTML = "JQuery | event.metaKey property"; 
          
        $('html').click(function (event) { 
            if (event.metaKey) { 
                elDown.innerHTML =  
                    "The META key was pressed!"; 
            } else { 
                elDown.innerHTML =  
                    "The META key was NOT pressed!"; 
            } 
        });  
    </script> 
</body> 
  
</html> 