diff --git a/examples/keypress/main.go b/examples/keypress/main.go
index 3a2c8cc..98935a9 100644
--- a/examples/keypress/main.go
+++ b/examples/keypress/main.go
@@ -67,10 +67,11 @@ func main() {
 	xevent.KeyPressFun(
 		func(X *xgbutil.XUtil, e xevent.KeyPressEvent) {
 			symbol, character := xgbkb.KeycodeToKeysym( e.Detail, e.State)
+			modifiers := xgbkb.StateToModifiers(e.State)
 			if unicode.IsPrint(character) {
-				log.Printf("0x%04X | '%s'\n", symbol, string(character))
+				log.Printf("0x%04X | '%s' %v\n", symbol, string(character), modifiers)
 			} else {
-				log.Printf("0x%04X |\n", symbol)
+				log.Printf("0x%04X |     %v\n", symbol, modifiers)
 			}
 
 			if keybind.KeyMatch(X, "Escape", e.State, e.Detail) {
diff --git a/keyboard.go b/keyboard.go
index 964731b..dd06324 100644
--- a/keyboard.go
+++ b/keyboard.go
@@ -61,6 +61,25 @@ type Modifiers struct {
 	Hyper bool
 }
 
+// String returns a human-readable comma-separated list of all active modifiers.
+func (modifiers Modifiers) String () (out string) {
+	add := func (name string) {
+		if out != "" {
+			out += ", "
+		}
+		out += name
+	}
+	if modifiers.Hyper      { add("Hyper")      }
+	if modifiers.Super      { add("Super")      }
+	if modifiers.Meta       { add("Meta")       }
+	if modifiers.Alt        { add("Alt")        }
+	if modifiers.ModeSwitch { add("ModeSwitch") }
+	if modifiers.NumLock    { add("NumLock")    }
+	if modifiers.ShiftLock  { add("ShiftLock")  }
+	if modifiers.CapsLock   { add("CapsLock")   }
+	return
+}
+
 // StateToModifiers converts a modifier state given by a keyboard or mouse event
 // to a Modifiers struct.
 func StateToModifiers (state uint16) Modifiers {