firefox+jquery mousewheel scroll event bug

Question

UPDATE Working fix as suggested by David (see below):

replace

    $(\'.scrollMe\').bind(\"mousewheel DOMMouseScroll\", ...) 
         


        

Answer 1

This answer on this question, has the most browsers compatible solution I have found:

How to detect scroll direction

 $('#elem').on( 'DOMMouseScroll mousewheel', function ( event ) { 
    if( event.originalEvent.detail > 0 || event.originalEvent.wheelDelta < 0 ) { //alternative options for wheelData: wheelDeltaX & wheelDeltaY
        //scroll down
        console.log('Down');
      } else {
        //scroll up
        console.log('Up');
      }
      //prevent page fom scrolling
      return false;
    });