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Find Out If Caps Lock Is On in Input Field with JavaScript



To find out if capslock is on inside an input field with JavaScript, the code is as follows −

Example

 Live Demo

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
   #textBox {
      display: none;
      color: red;
   }
</style>
<body>
<h1>Detecting Caps Lock Example</h1>
<input class="inputfield" value="Some textBox.." />
<h2>Press caps lock in the above input field to check warning</h2>
<h2 class="textBox">WARNING! Caps lock is ON.</h2>
<script>
   var input = document.querySelector(".inputfield");
   var textBox = document.querySelector(".textBox");
   input.addEventListener("keyup", event => {
      if (event.getModifierState("CapsLock")) {
         textBox.style.display = "block";
      } else {
         textBox.style.display = "none";
      }
   });
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

The above code will produce the following output −

On typing something in the input field with capslock on −

Updated on: 2020-05-06T13:34:32+05:30

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