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Home / Miscellaneous / Detect Caps Lock Is On

Detect Caps Lock Is On

Detect Caps Lock Is On

To check if the caps lock is on, you use the getModifierState() method of the KeyboardEvent object:

const capslockIsOn = event.getModifierState(modifier);

The getModifierState() method returns true if a modifier is active; otherwise, it returns false.

The event.getModifierState('CapsLock') can be used to detect if the caps lock is on.

Suppose you have a password field like this:

  <input type="password" name="password" id="password" placeholder="Enter a password">
    <div class="message"></div>

The following shows a warning message if you turn on the caps lock and type the password:

const password = document.querySelector('#password');
const message = document.querySelector('.message');

password.addEventListener('keyup', function (e) {
     if (e.getModifierState('CapsLock')) {
         message.textContent = 'Caps lock is on';
     } else {
         message.textContent = '';
     }
});

Source

https://www.javascripttutorial.net/dom/events/detect-caps-lock-is-on/

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