This question is not to be confused with something like this which uses differences in scroll position to determine the scroll direction. A few years ago, I coded a project utilizing the wheel event's deltaY properties to determine the wheel direction without there being scrollbars on the page. I wrote an answer available here documenting how that works.
My question is: how can I replicate this effect on a mobile device? How can I determine the direction of a touchmove on a mobile device without scroll bars or scroll being fired? This detection cannot depend on position because the project's design is specifically made to avoid using scroll bars. MDN's touchevent documentation has no mention of a property like delta found in the well supported wheel event in desktop browsers.
