How to Disable the Mouse wheel click Button?

Question

I\'m trying to find a way of disabling the default action of the mouse wheel button which is to open the link in a new tab.

Is that possible?

Answer 1

Disable mouse wheel event by using JAVASCRIPT :

In IE:

document.attachEvent('onmousewheel', function(e){
     if (!e) var e = window.event;
     e.returnValue = false;
     e.cancelBubble = true;
     return false;
}, false);

In Safari:

document.addEventListener('mousewheel', function(e){
    e.stopPropagation();
    e.preventDefault();
    e.cancelBubble = false;
    return false;
}, false);

In Opera:

document.attachEvent('mousewheel', function(e){
    if (!e) var e = window.event;
    e.returnValue = false;
    e.cancelBubble = true;
    return false;
}, false);

In Firefox:

document.addEventListener('DOMMouseScroll', function(e){
    e.stopPropagation();
    e.preventDefault();
    e.cancelBubble = false;
    return false;
}, false);