How can I determine the direction of a jQuery scroll event?

Question

I\'m looking for something to this effect:

$(window).scroll(function(event){
   if (/* magic code*/ ){
       // upscroll code
   } else {
      // downscrol         


        

Answer 1

I have seen many version of good answers here but it seems some folks are having cross browser issues so this is my fix.

I have used this successfully to detect direction in FF, IE and Chrome ... I haven't tested it in safari as I use windows typically.

$("html, body").bind({'mousewheel DOMMouseScroll onmousewheel touchmove scroll': 
    function(e) {
        if (e.target.id == 'el') return;
        e.preventDefault();
        e.stopPropagation();

        //Determine Direction
        if (e.originalEvent.wheelDelta && e.originalEvent.wheelDelta >= 0) {
            //Up
            alert("up");

        } else if (e.originalEvent.detail && e.originalEvent.detail <= 0) {
            //Up
            alert("up");

        } else {
            //Down
            alert("down");
        }
    }
});

Keep in mind I also use this to stop any scrolling so if you want scrolling to still occur you must remove the e.preventDefault(); e.stopPropagation();