Microsoft Edge and Surface Pro 3 w/ Touchpad: javascript mousewheel event does not fire

Question

Hello all,

A javascript project I am working on utilizes the mousewheel event. While this event works well with a mouse connected to a Microsoft Surface, it does not work with the Surface Touchpad scroll gesture.

I have tested this issue on Internet Explorer 10, 11 and now Edge. In Chrome, the mouse wheel and scroll gesture trigger the same event as expected.

Here is a small demo if someone has a Surface with the Touchpad and can test in Edge:

http://jsfiddle.net/dontsteponme/57tascmg/3/

Thank you.

Answer 1

Hi Underscore-all-spelled-out ,

Thank you for posting int the community. According to the information your provide, we will suggest reaching out to our MSDN forum for further assistance.

Kind regards,

Clare

Answer 2

if someone has a Surface with the Touchpad and can test in Edge

Lots of problems with the Surface Touchpad?  FWIW I am currently waiting for a restart for  W10sp1.  Wow.  So soon.  Otherwise, the Surface Trackpad app seems out of touch with reality.  The Trackpad is not in control of the pointer.  Or perhaps I need to disable my real mouse.   TBD.

With a real mouse wheel your page reports 120 and -120.  Anything else?

HTH

Robert Aldwinckle

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Answer 3

Thanks for your reply. I'm seeing the same results as you. I will post my issue on a different forum to see if I can track this further. Thanks again.

https://connect.microsoft.com/IE/feedbackdetail/view/1216232/touchpad-scroll-gesture-does-not-trigger-mousewheel-event-in-ie

via

https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/ie/en-US/a3bc01a4-5d22-422f-b3c8-3253d5528065/touchpad-scroll-gesture-does-not-trigger-mousewheel-event-in-ie?forum=iewebdevelopment