Is where a way to scroll div horizontally by mousewheel, without holding shift?

I know method with mousewheel plugin:

$("#test").mousewheel(function(event, delta) {
   var current = $(this).scrollLeft();
   $(this).scrollLeft(current - (delta * 80));
});

I tried to scroll it with $(this).animate... but it still looks ugly.

I don't need to simulate browser built-in smoothness while scroll because it's not cross-browser way, I need to scroll it naturally.

Maybe simulate shift holding on mouseenter event?

Is where a way to scroll div horizontally by mousewheel, without holding shift?

I know method with mousewheel plugin:

$("#test").mousewheel(function(event, delta) {
   var current = $(this).scrollLeft();
   $(this).scrollLeft(current - (delta * 80));
});

I tried to scroll it with $(this).animate... but it still looks ugly.

I don't need to simulate browser built-in smoothness while scroll because it's not cross-browser way, I need to scroll it naturally.

Maybe simulate shift holding on mouseenter event?

• javascript
• jquery
• mousewheel
• smooth-scrolling

3 Answers 3

The trick is to retreive the .deltaY form the .originalEvent... Then use jQuery .scrollLeft().

Since the delta always is 33.33333206176758 or -33.33333206176758... You can parseInt() and divide by 33. You'll then always get 1 or -1, which you can multiply by the amount of pixel you wish to be scrolled, on the X axis, per wheel spin.

// Variable to store current X scrolled position.
var current = 0;
// Pixel increment you wish on each wheel spin.
var ScrollX_pixelPer = 40;

// Event handler.
$("#test").on("mousewheel", function(e) {
  e.preventDefault();
  
  // Get the deltaY (always +/- 33.33333206176758) and multiply by the pixel increment you wish.
  var delta = ScrollX_pixelPer*(parseInt(e.originalEvent.deltaY)/33);
  
  // Increment/decrement current.
  current += delta;
  //console.log(current);
  
  // Apply the new position.
  $(this).scrollLeft(current);
  
});

#test{
  height:2.5em;
  overflow-y:scroll;
  white-space:nowrap;
}
.spacer{
  height:400px;
}

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis./ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>

<div class="spacer"></div>

<div id="test">
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</div>

<div class="spacer"></div>

so okay i was struggling with implementing that feature recently and i found out that as long as mousewheel event seems to be no longer supported, probably the best solution working with current browsers is this:

    $(window).on('wheel', function(e){
    if ($.browser.mozilla) {
        e.preventDefault();
        var delta = -500*(parseInt(e.originalEvent.deltaY)/33);
        var scto = $(this).scrollLeft() - delta;
        $(this).scrollLeft(scto);}
    else{
        e.preventDefault();
        var delta = -50*(parseInt(e.originalEvent.deltaY)/33);
        var scto = $(this).scrollLeft() - delta;
        $(this).scrollLeft(scto);}
});`

I know it's a bit late, but I was looking for an answer to this myself and, playing around with Louys' code I found something that seemed to work a bit better.

$("#test").on("mousewheel", function(e) {
  e.preventDefault();
  var delta = 40*(parseInt(e.originalEvent.deltaY)/33);
  var scto = $(this).scrollLeft() - delta;
  $(this).scrollLeft(scto);
});

It basically does not need a variable to keep track of the scroll_to position since it's getting the value from scrollLeft() and just subtracting the delta, essentially solving both problems that occur with the previous version, one being that the function now does not scroll past the total width of the element and doesn't go negative, and second being that if you now change the scroll position using the scrollbar, it doesn't mess up the code like it would before.

(I also removed ScrollX_pixelPer as I don't think you need a whole variable for a simple number)