(function($) { $.fn.vTicker = function(options) { var defaults = { speed: 700, pause: 4000, showItems: 2, animation: '', mousePause: true }; var options = $.extend(defaults, options); moveUp = function(obj, height) { obj = obj.children('ul'); first = obj.children('li:first').clone(true); obj.animate({ top: '-=' + height + 'px' }, options.speed, function() { $(this).children('li:first').remove(); $(this).css('top', '0px') }); if (options.animation == 'fade') { obj.children('li:first').fadeOut(options.speed); obj.children('li:last').hide().fadeIn(options.speed) } first.appendTo(obj) }; return this.each(function() { obj = $(this); maxHeight = 0; obj.css({ overflow: 'hidden', position: 'relative' }).children('ul').css({ position: 'absolute', margin: 0, padding: 0 }).children('li').css({ margin: 0, padding: 0 }); obj.children('ul').children('li').each(function() { if ($(this).height() > maxHeight) { maxHeight = $(this).height() } }); obj.children('ul').children('li').each(function() { $(this).height(maxHeight) }); obj.height(maxHeight * options.showItems); interval = setInterval('moveUp(obj, maxHeight)', options.pause); if (options.mousePause) { obj.bind("mouseenter", function() { clearInterval(interval) }).bind("mouseleave", function() { interval = setInterval('moveUp(obj, maxHeight)', options.pause) }) } }) } })(jQuery);