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

Why nobody use the event object returned by jQuery on scroll ?

$window.on('scroll', function (event) {
    console.group('Scroll');
    console.info('Scroll event:', event);
    console.info('Position:', this.pageYOffset);
    console.info('Direction:', event.originalEvent.dir); // Here is the direction
    console.groupEnd();
});

I'm using chromium and I didn't checked on other browsers if they have the dir property.