Catch onclick-event with CTRL pressed

Question

Is there a simple solution without jquery, inside HTML-tags to catch a CTRL+Mouseclick?

It could look like this:

<a href="#" onclick="if(ctrl_is_pressed()) alert('CTRL+Mouseclick');">X</a>

I asume this is to prevent the anchor opening in a new tab/window. Unless you have a **very good** reason for this, dont change browser behaviour. It will hurt the user experience more than it does any good — Martijn, Sep 09 '13 at 14:13
I want to use the X as a close button, except in case CTRL is pressed too — rubo77, Sep 09 '13 at 16:57

score 7 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 09 '13 at 14:10

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In the event object, there's a ctrlKey property.

<a href="#" onclick="if(event.ctrlKey) alert('CTRL+Mouseclick');">X</a>

answered Sep 09 '13 at 14:10

gen_Eric

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