altKey

Indicates if the Option key on a Mac or Alt key on a PC was pressed.

Type:

booleanRead Only

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Gets the keyboard event's altKey property when the altKey is pressed

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1$w("#myElement").onKeyPress( (event) => {
2  let alt = event.altKey;  // true
3} );

Gets all of the keyboard event's properties

This example gets the properties of a keyboard event fired when the Shift and a keys are pressed.

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1$w("#myElement").onKeyPress( (event) => {
2  let key  = event.key;                 // "A"
3  let shift = event.shiftKey;           // true
4  let meta = event.metaKey;             // false
5  let alt = event.altKey;               // false
6  let ctrl = event.ctrlKey;             // false
7  let value = event.target.value;       // string value of text inside "#myElement" before the last KeyPress event
8} );
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