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Detects if Caps Lock is engaged when a key is pressed in a text input.
Current version
Appears to be 2.0.0
Browser support
| Trident / EdgeHTML / Tasman (Internet Explorer 4+, Edge 44-) | Works in all except IE 4.x on Windows (it thinks 'A' and 'a' are equivalent) |
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| Opera 7-12 | Script works as expected |
| Gecko engine browsers (Mozilla, Firefox, Netscape 6+, etc) | Script works as expected |
| KHTML / WebKit / Chromium / Blink / QT WebEngine / QTWebKit / WebKitGTK (Chrome, Vivaldi, Opera 15+, Edge 79+, Safari, Konqueror, OmniWeb 4.5+, iCab 4+, NetFront Chromium / WebKit) | Works in text boxes with Safari and OmniWeb 4.5 (they have their own warnings for password boxes) - partially works in Konqueror 3.2+ (it gets it wrong if they press the Shift key) - does not work in Konqueror 3.1- (it thinks 'A' and 'a' are equivalent) |
| iCab 3- | Script works as expected |
| Rhino + W3C DOM (ICEbrowser) | Script works as expected |
| Rhino + layers / W3C DOM (Escape / Evo, iBrow) | Browser thinks 'A' and 'a' are equivalent |
| NetFront 3+ NetFront engine | Script works as expected |
| Opera 5 and 6 Elektra engine | Script works as expected |
| Netscape 4 | Script works as expected |
| OmniWeb 4.2- | Browser thinks 'A' and 'a' are equivalent |
| Rhino + pDOM (Clue browser) | Browser thinks 'A' and 'a' are equivalent |
| WebTV | Browser thinks 'A' and 'a' are equivalent |
| Tkhtml Hv3+ | Browser cannot detect key events |
| Netgem NetBox | Not tested but it should work |
| OpenTV | Not tested but it should work |
| iPanel MicroBrowser | Not tested but it should work |
Accessibility notes
No accessibility problems. Caps Lock cannot be detected if JavaScript is disabled.
License
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