# MouseEvent.MOUSE\_WHEEL fires twice in Firefox

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mouseevent-mouse-wheel-fires-twice-in-firefox/279174>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [January 10, 2009, 5:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mouseevent-mouse-wheel-fires-twice-in-firefox/279174 "2009-01-10T17:11:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![yuppieee123](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/f475e1/32.png) [@yuppieee123](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/yuppieee123)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2009, 5:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mouseevent-mouse-wheel-fires-twice-in-firefox/279174/1 "2009-01-10T17:11:06Z")

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The mouse\_wheel event always fires twice in Firefox. Does anyone have a workaround for this?