[jQuery] Determining modifiers on a click event

[jQuery] Determining modifiers on a click event

Hello!
I'm a total jQuery noob. I've browsed the docs and went trough the
tutorial. When trapping click events, I need to determine wether the
event is question was a "click" or a "shift-click". I'm not sure how
to accomplish this within jQuery. Usually, I can look at
event.shiftKey, but I can't seem to figure out how to get at the
event object. Here's the code (almost straight from the tutorial)
I'm starting with:
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$(document).ready(function(){
    $("a").click(function(){
        alert("click detected");
        return false;
    });
    
});
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So, I'm able to detect the click, then cancel the bubbling and
default action. In between those two things, I need to figure out
what modifiers if any (specifically shift) were used. Is there an
easy way to get at the event object? Any thoughts?
Thanks!
-Mike
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