Can one use Window.Onscroll method to include detection of scroll direction?

Question

Can one use Window.Onscroll method to include detection of scroll direction?

Answer 1

If you record the scrollX and scrollY on page load and each time a scroll event occurs, then you can compare the previous values with the new values to know which direction you scrolled. Here's a proof of concept:

function scrollFunc(e) {
    if ( typeof scrollFunc.x == 'undefined' ) {
        scrollFunc.x=window.pageXOffset;
        scrollFunc.y=window.pageYOffset;
    }
    var diffX=scrollFunc.x-window.pageXOffset;
    var diffY=scrollFunc.y-window.pageYOffset;

    if( diffX<0 ) {
        // Scroll right
    } else if( diffX>0 ) {
        // Scroll left
    } else if( diffY<0 ) {
        // Scroll down
    } else if( diffY>0 ) {
        // Scroll up
    } else {
        // First scroll event
    }
    scrollFunc.x=window.pageXOffset;
    scrollFunc.y=window.pageYOffset;
}
window.onscroll=scrollFunc