JQuery or [removed] How determine if shift key being pressed while clicking anchor tag hyperlink?

Question

I have an anchor tag that calls a JavaScript function.

With or without JQuery how do I determine if the shift key is down while the link is clicked?

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Answer 1

I had a similar problem, trying to capture a 'shift+click' but since I was using a third party control with a callback rather than the standard click handler, I didn't have access to the event object and its associated e.shiftKey.

I ended up handling the mouse down event to record the shift-ness and then using it later in my callback.

    var shiftHeld = false;
    $('#control').on('mousedown', function (e) { shiftHeld = e.shiftKey });

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