/**
 * jQuery.serialScroll
 * Copyright (c) 2007-2008 Ariel Flesler - aflesler(at)gmail(dot)com | http://flesler.blogspot.com
 * Dual licensed under MIT and GPL.
 * Date: 3/20/2008
 *
 * @projectDescription Animated scrolling of series.
 * @author Ariel Flesler
 * @version 1.2.1
 *
 * @id jQuery.serialScroll
 * @id jQuery.fn.serialScroll
 * @param {Object} settings Hash of settings, it is passed in to jQuery.ScrollTo, none is required.
 * @return {jQuery} Returns the same jQuery object, for chaining.
 *
 * http://flesler.blogspot.com/2008/02/jqueryserialscroll.html
 *
 * Notes:
 *	- The plugin requires jQuery.ScrollTo.
 *	- The hash of settings, is passed to jQuery.ScrollTo, so its settings can be used as well.
 */
;(function( $ ){

	var $serialScroll = $.serialScroll = function( settings ){
		$.scrollTo.window().serialScroll( settings );
	};

	//Many of these defaults, belong to jQuery.ScrollTo, check it's demo for an example of each option.
	//@see http://flesler.webs/jQuery.ScrollTo/
	$serialScroll.defaults = {//the defaults are public and can be overriden.
		duration:1000, //how long to animate.
		axis:'x', //which of top and left should be scrolled
		event:'click', //on which event to react.
		start:0, //first element (zero-based index)
		step:1, //how many elements to scroll on each action
		lock:true,//ignore events if already animating
		cycle:true, //cycle endlessly ( constant velocity )
		constant:true //use contant speed ?
		/*
		navigation:null,//if specified, it's a selector a collection of items to navigate the container
		target:null, //if specified, it's a selector to the element to be scrolled.
		interval:0, //it's the number of milliseconds to automatically go to the next
		lazy:false,//go find the elements each time (allows AJAX or JS content, or reordering)
		stop:false, //stop any previous animations to avoid queueing
		force:false,//force the scroll to the first element on start ?
		jump: false,//if true, when the event is triggered on an element, the pane scrolls to it
		items:null, //selector to the items (relative to the matched elements)
		prev:null, //selector to the 'prev' button
		next:null, //selector to the 'next' button
		onBefore: function(){}, //function called before scrolling, if it returns false, the event is ignored
		exclude:0 //exclude the last x elements, so we cannot scroll past the end
		*/
	};

	$.fn.serialScroll = function( settings ){
		settings = $.extend( {}, $serialScroll.defaults, settings );
		var event = settings.event, //this one is just to get shorter code when compressed
			step = settings.step, // idem
			lazy = settings.lazy;//idem

		return this.each(function(){
			var 
				context = settings.target ? this : document, //if a target is specified, then everything's relative to 'this'.
				$pane = $(settings.target || this, context),//the element to be scrolled (will carry all the events)
				pane = $pane[0], //wi