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MouseEvent.getModifierState

Category

DOM

Type

New or changed feature

Status

Enabled by default (Chrome 47)

Intent stage

None

Summary

MouseEvent.getModifierState is unimplemented. KeyboardEvent.getModifierState is implemented; but the action on the MouseEvent isn't. We need to be consistent in our APIs this is a simple change to bring matching spec behavior. http://www.w3.org/TR/DOM-Level-3-Events/#widl-MouseEvent-getModifierState

Standards & signals

• Specification: https://w3c.github.io/uievents/
• Firefox: Shipped/Shipping
• Safari: No signal
• Web developers: No signals
• Tracking bug: http://crbug.com/532963

Docs: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/MouseEvent/getModifierState

Samples: https://googlechrome.github.io/samples/mouseevent-get-modifier-state/index.html

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