Get mouse wheel events in jQuery?

Question

Is there a way to get the mouse wheel events (not talking about scroll events) in jQuery?

Answer 1

As of now in 2017, you can just write

$(window).on('wheel', function(event){

  // deltaY obviously records vertical scroll, deltaX and deltaZ exist too
  if(event.originalEvent.deltaY < 0){
    // wheeled up
  }
  else {
    // wheeled down
  }
});

Works with current Firefox 51, Chrome 56, IE9+