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jQuery event handler - Detect control click (Ctrl+click) on Windows/ command + click (Cmd+click) on Mac
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clickAndCtrlClickHandler.js
function clickHandler (event) {
if (event.ctrlKey || event.metaKey) {
//ctrlKey to detect ctrl + click
//metaKey to detect command + click on MacOS
executeCtrlClickActionHere();
} else {
executeRegularClickActionHere();
}
};
@dougblackjr
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I know this is older, but it just got me where I was going. Thank you!

@gandhirahul
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Why do you need to read the event.ctrlKey?
According to MDN, MouseEvent.metaKey is quite enough.

screen shot 2018-07-02 at 11 47 05

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

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