How to capture a Mac's command (⌘) key press in JavaScript?

Question

In JavaScript how can we capture the Cmd / ⌘ key event made on Mac & physical iPad keyboards?

Answer 1

EDIT: As of 2019, e.metaKey is supported on all major browsers as per the MDN.

Note that on Windows, although the ⊞ Windows key is considered to be the "meta" key, it is not going to be captured by browsers as such.

This is only for the command key on MacOS/keyboards.

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Old, now outdated answer

Unlike Shift/Alt/Ctrl, the Cmd (“Apple”) key is not considered a modifier key—instead, you should listen on keydown/keyup and record when a key is pressed and then depressed based on event.keyCode.

Unfortunately, these key codes are browser-dependent:

• Firefox: 224
• Opera: 17
• WebKit browsers (Safari/Chrome): 91 (Left Command) or 93 (Right Command)

You might be interested in reading the article JavaScript Madness: Keyboard Events, from which I learned that knowledge.