Keycap Shortcut
A key is a physical object. Three stacked box-shadows form the edge — bottom face, outer drop, top highlight. Click any key and feel it go down. Cmd-K and friends, the way they were meant to look.
Keycap Shortcut the 4th of 30 designs in the 30 CSS Badges collection. The design pairs CSS styling with a small amount of JavaScript for interactivity. Copy the HTML, CSS and JavaScript panels below into your project — the JS is self-contained, has zero dependencies, and is safe to drop into any framework (React, Vue, Svelte, plain HTML). The design honours prefers-reduced-motion and uses real semantic markup, so it ships accessibility-ready out of the box.
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<div class="key-stage">
<div class="key-combo-row">
<div class="key-combo">
<div class="key-cap key-wide">⌘</div>
<div class="key-sep">+</div>
<div class="key-cap">K</div>
</div>
<div class="key-combo-label">Command Palette</div>
</div>
<div class="key-combo-row">
<div class="key-combo">
<div class="key-cap key-wide">⌘</div>
<div class="key-sep">+</div>
<div class="key-cap key-wide">⇧</div>
<div class="key-sep">+</div>
<div class="key-cap">P</div>
</div>
<div class="key-combo-label">Quick Actions</div>
</div>
<div class="key-combo-row">
<div class="key-combo">
<div class="key-cap key-wide">⌥</div>
<div class="key-sep">+</div>
<div class="key-cap key-xl">⌫</div>
</div>
<div class="key-combo-label">Delete Word</div>
</div>
</div> .key-stage {
background: #edecea;
padding: 60px 48px;
display: flex;
flex-direction: column;
gap: 32px;
justify-content: center;
align-items: center;
min-height: 380px;
}
.key-combo {
display: flex;
align-items: center;
gap: 6px;
}
.key-sep {
font-family: system-ui, "Bricolage Grotesque", sans-serif;
font-size: 14px;
color: #888;
padding: 0 2px;
}
.key-cap {
display: inline-flex;
align-items: center;
justify-content: center;
min-width: 44px;
height: 44px;
padding: 0 12px;
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #f8f8f6 0%, #e8e8e3 100%);
border: 1px solid #bbb;
border-radius: 6px;
font-family: ui-monospace, "JetBrains Mono", monospace;
font-size: 14px;
font-weight: 500;
color: #1a1a1a;
letter-spacing: 0;
cursor: pointer;
user-select: none;
box-shadow:
0 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,0.9) inset,
0 -1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.08) inset,
0 3px 0 #999,
0 4px 4px rgba(0,0,0,0.18);
transition: transform 0.06s, box-shadow 0.06s;
position: relative;
}
.key-cap::before {
content: '';
position: absolute;
inset: 2px 2px 6px;
border-radius: 4px;
border-top: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.6);
pointer-events: none;
}
.key-cap:active,
.key-cap.is-pressed {
transform: translateY(2px);
box-shadow:
0 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,0.9) inset,
0 -1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.08) inset,
0 1px 0 #999,
0 2px 2px rgba(0,0,0,0.18);
}
.key-wide { min-width: 72px; font-size: 13px; }
.key-xl { min-width: 96px; font-size: 13px; }
.key-combo-label {
font-family: system-ui, "Bricolage Grotesque", sans-serif;
font-size: 10px;
letter-spacing: 0.18em;
text-transform: uppercase;
color: #888;
text-align: center;
margin-top: 6px;
}
.key-combo-row {
display: flex;
flex-direction: column;
align-items: center;
gap: 8px;
} // Click any key to depress it briefly. Matches the CSS :active state
// but lets the visual hold for 200ms so the press registers visually
// even on a quick tap.
document.querySelectorAll('.key-cap').forEach(function (k) {
k.addEventListener('click', function () {
k.classList.add('is-pressed');
setTimeout(function () { k.classList.remove('is-pressed'); }, 200);
});
});