jQuery - override preventDefault() when click + ctrl pressed

jquery

Solution

$('a').click(function(e) {
    if (!e.ctrlKey) {
        e.preventDefault();
    }
});

Other intertesting options:

- `e.altKey` - to check if Alt was pressed

- `e.shiftKey` - to check if Shift was pressed

- `e.button` - to distinguish between right, left of middle mouse clicks

- `e.which` - same as above, but also works for keyboard

- full documentation here

One more note, as you asked about documentation so seem to be really interested ;)

It's possible to debug in jsfiddle - just put `debugger` in your js code and run as usual. Your browser (I use Chrome) would stop on the debugging line, and you could examine the `e` object in the watches:

Problem

I am using `preventDefault()` for preventing default behavior of an an anchor button, but I want to make this button to do default behavior when clicked with keyboard `ctrl` button, JS code ``` $('a').click(function(e){ e.preventDefault(); }); ``` HTML code ``` <a href="http://google.com">Go to the best search engine</a> ``` Here is the playground: http://jsfiddle.net/sKDuA/

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