CODE EXAMPLE FOR JAVASCRIPT

direction of scroll on page

(function () {
    var previousScroll = 0;

    $(window).scroll(function(){
       var currentScroll = $(this).scrollTop();
       if (currentScroll > previousScroll){
           alert('down');
       } else {
          alert('up');
       }
       previousScroll = currentScroll;
    });
}()); //run this anonymous function immediately