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Don't prevent events when users hold CTRL or META keys
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gistfile1.js
document.getElementById("myLink").addEventListener("click", function(e) {
// e.preventDefault(); (bad)
if(e.meta || e.ctrlKey) return; // Don't block user if they want to open a new tab
e.preventDefault();
});
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