mouse_scroll
This event is fired when a mouse wheel is scrolled in the terminal.
Return values
string
: The event name.number
: The direction of the scroll. (-1 = up, 1 = down)number
: The X-coordinate of the mouse when scrolling.number
: The Y-coordinate of the mouse when scrolling.
Example
Prints the direction of each scroll, and the position of the mouse at the time.
while true do local event, dir, x, y = os.pullEvent("mouse_scroll") print(("The mouse was scrolled in direction %s at %d, %d"):format(dir, x, y)) end