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<b><a class="bz_bug_link
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title="NEW - Implement getModifierState for KeyboardEvent"
href="https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=40999#c9">Comment # 9</a>
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title="NEW - Implement getModifierState for KeyboardEvent"
href="https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=40999">bug 40999</a>
from <span class="vcard"><a class="email" href="mailto:webkit@chrisrebert.com" title="Chris Rebert <webkit@chrisrebert.com>"> <span class="fn">Chris Rebert</span></a>
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<pre>KeyboardEvent.getModifierState() is useful for purposes besides AltGr, including on Macs; this bug should really be marked "Platform: All". (Looks like nobody has even mentioned non-AltGr use cases thus far.)
For example, the 'Accel' virtual modifier key (<a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/DOM-Level-3-Events-key/#keys-modifier">http://www.w3.org/TR/DOM-Level-3-Events-key/#keys-modifier</a> ) allows you to write keyboard shortcut event handlers without having to detect what OS you're on, since the browser determines for you whether Ctrl or ⌘Command is the customary modifier key for keyboard shortcuts on the user's OS).</pre>
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