KeyboardEvent: getModifierState() method

getModifierState(key)

function handleKeyboardEvent(event) {
  // Ignore if following modifier is active.
  if (
    event.getModifierState("Fn") ||
    event.getModifierState("Hyper") ||
    event.getModifierState("OS") ||
    event.getModifierState("Super") ||
    event.getModifierState("Win") /* hack for IE */
  ) {
    return;
  }

  // Also ignore if two or more modifiers except Shift are active.
  if (
    event.getModifierState("Control") +
      event.getModifierState("Alt") +
      event.getModifierState("Meta") >
    1
  ) {
    return;
  }

  // Handle shortcut key with standard modifier
  if (event.getModifierState("Accel")) {
    switch (event.key.toLowerCase()) {
      case "c":
        if (event.getModifierState("Shift")) {
          // Handle Accel + Shift + C
          event.preventDefault(); // consume the key event
        }
        break;
      case "k":
        if (!event.getModifierState("Shift")) {
          // Handle Accel + K
          event.preventDefault(); // consume the key event
        }
        break;
    }
    return;
  }

  // Do something different for arrow keys if ScrollLock is locked.
  if (
    (event.getModifierState("ScrollLock") ||
      event.getModifierState("Scroll")) /* hack for IE */ &&
    !event.getModifierState("Control") &&
    !event.getModifierState("Alt") &&
    !event.getModifierState("Meta")
  ) {
    switch (event.key) {
      case "ArrowDown":
      case "Down": // hack for IE and old Firefox
        event.preventDefault(); // consume the key event
        break;
      case "ArrowLeft":
      case "Left": // hack for IE and old Firefox
        // Do something different if ScrollLock is locked.
        event.preventDefault(); // consume the key event
        break;
      case "ArrowRight":
      case "Right": // hack for IE and old Firefox
        // Do something different if ScrollLock is locked.
        event.preventDefault(); // consume the key event
        break;
      case "ArrowUp":
      case "Up": // hack for IE and old Firefox
        // Do something different if ScrollLock is locked.
        event.preventDefault(); // consume the key event
        break;
    }
  }
}