This code was originally copied from
Mouse wheel programming in JavaScript [adomas.org]. I replaced about 5 lines of code to get the mousewheel controlling the zoom feature in the
makeZoom.svg [dzone.com] file.
/** This is high-level function; REPLACE IT WITH YOUR CODE.
* It must react to delta being more/less than zero.
*/
function zoomInOut(delta) {
if (delta >= 0)
zoomIn()
else
zoomOut()
}
function wheel(event){
var delta = 0;
if (!event) event = window.event;
if (event.wheelDelta) {
delta = event.wheelDelta/120;
if (window.opera) delta = -delta;
} else if (event.detail) {
delta = -event.detail/3;
}
if (delta)
zoomInOut(delta);
if (event.preventDefault)
event.preventDefault();
event.returnValue = false;
}
/* Initialization code. */
if (window.addEventListener)
window.addEventListener('DOMMouseScroll', wheel, false);
window.onmousewheel = document.onmousewheel = wheel;