event.ctrlKey is not functioning in IE

Question

$('a').click(function(event){
  if( event.ctrlKey || event.target.href){ 
   return false;
  }     
});

Working fine in Firefox and Chrome, but not in IE. Please help in this.

Answer 1

Why don't you use event.keyCode instead?

use it as:

if( (event.keyCode == 17 ) || event.target.href ){
   return false;
}

Reference: Javascript Char Codes