onmousewheel event

Fires when the wheel button is rotated.

Syntax

HTML Attribute <element onmousewheel = "handler(event)">
Event Property object.onmousewheel = handler;
attachEvent Method object.attachEvent("onmousewheel", handler)
addEventListener Method object.addEventListener("mousewheel", handler, useCapture)

 

Event information

Synchronous No
Bubbles Yes
Cancelable Yes

 

Event handler parameters

Standards information

There are no standards that apply here.

Remarks

HTMLLabelEvents::onmousewheel was introduced in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6

Scrolls the page up or down.

To invoke this event, do one of the following:

  • Rotate the wheel button.

See also

Reference

HTMLLabelEvents::onscroll

HTMLLabelEvents::onmousemove

HTMLLabelEvents::onmousedown

HTMLLabelEvents::onmouseout

HTMLLabelEvents::onmouseover

HTMLLabelEvents::onmouseup