Sys.UI.DomEvent altKey Field

Gets a Boolean value that indicates the state of the ALT key when the associated event occurred.

var altKey = domElementVar.altKey;

Return Value

true if the ALT key was pressed when the event occurred; otherwise, false.

Remarks

Use the altKey field to determine whether the ALT key is pressed when the event occurred.

Example

The following example shows how to use the altKey field to test the state of the ALT key when the associated event occurred.

<script type="text/javascript">
    Sys.UI.DomEvent.addHandler($get("Button1"), "click", processEventInfo);

    function processEventInfo(eventElement) {
        var result = '';
        try {
            result += "altKey = " + eventElement.altKey + "<br/>";
            result += "button = " + eventElement.button + "<br/>";
            result += "keyCode = " + eventElement.keyCode + "<br/>";
            result += "clientX = " + eventElement.clientX + "<br/>";
            result += "clientY = " + eventElement.clientY + "<br/>";
            result += "ctrlKey = " + eventElement.ctrlKey + "<br/>";
            result += "offsetX = " + eventElement.offsetX + "<br/>";
            result += "offsetY = " + eventElement.offsetY + "<br/>";
            result += "screenX = " + eventElement.screenX + "<br/>";
            result += "screenY = " + eventElement.screenY + "<br/>";
            result += "shiftKey = " + eventElement.shiftKey + "<br/>";
            result += "target.id = " + eventElement.target.id + "<br/>";
            result += "type = " + eventElement.type + "<br/>";
        }
        catch(e) {
            alert("Error:" + e.message);
        }
        $get('Label2').innerHTML = result;
    }
 </script>

<script type="text/javascript">
    Sys.UI.DomEvent.addHandler($get("Button1"), "click", processEventInfo);

    function processEventInfo(eventElement) {
        var result = '';
        try {
            result += "altKey = " + eventElement.altKey + "<br/>";
            result += "button = " + eventElement.button + "<br/>";
            result += "keyCode = " + eventElement.keyCode + "<br/>";
            result += "clientX = " + eventElement.clientX + "<br/>";
            result += "clientY = " + eventElement.clientY + "<br/>";
            result += "ctrlKey = " + eventElement.ctrlKey + "<br/>";
            result += "offsetX = " + eventElement.offsetX + "<br/>";
            result += "offsetY = " + eventElement.offsetY + "<br/>";
            result += "screenX = " + eventElement.screenX + "<br/>";
            result += "screenY = " + eventElement.screenY + "<br/>";
            result += "shiftKey = " + eventElement.shiftKey + "<br/>";
            result += "target.id = " + eventElement.target.id + "<br/>";
            result += "type = " + eventElement.type + "<br/>";
        }
        catch(e) {
            alert("Error:" + e.message);
        }
        $get('Label2').innerHTML = result;
    }
 </script>

See Also

Reference

Sys.UI.DomEvent Class

Other Resources

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