Get the OS-specific keyboard shortcut for copy and paste

Question

I have a webapp that tells the user to copy and paste something. I want to show them the keyboard shortcut for it. How would I find out if it's
Ctrl+C and V, or
⌘+C and V, or even something different?

Try this https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9514179/how-to-find-the-operating-system-version-using-javascript — Allan, Apr 27 '18 at 10:48

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 27 '18 at 10:48

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I guess you will need to handle this yourself. You can get current user system like this:

var platform = window.navigator.platform;
console.log(platform);

if (platform.startsWith('Mac')) {
  console.log('use CMD + V');
} else if (platform.startsWith('Win')) {
  console.log('use CTRL + V');
} else {
  // ...
}

answered Apr 27 '18 at 10:48

Martin Adámek

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Shame, I thought there may be some nice solution. Are you sure that all apple platforms start with `Mac`? – yspreen Apr 27 '18 at 10:51
not 100% sure, but i would bet that all intel mac computers (so all models of last decade) will have `MacIntel` as main do. – Martin Adámek Apr 27 '18 at 10:53
note that iOS devices have different platform, but there is no CMD key – Martin Adámek Apr 27 '18 at 10:53

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 27 '18 at 10:53

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You could get the platform using window.navigator.platform and if the returned value contains 'mac' you can assume it is MacOS else if it contains 'win' it is windows.

answered Apr 27 '18 at 10:53

JodyL

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Get the OS-specific keyboard shortcut for copy and paste

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