Try giving this article a read about plugin development pattern:
http://www.learningjquery.com/2007/10/a-plugin-development-pattern
That should answer your questions.
On Oct 21, 10:46 am, Joel Taylor <joelatay...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks for replying James.
>
> I'm still having some issues. Is there a place where I can read about
> Plugin scope?
>
> If I am adding settings in by the line you type, how do I access the
> properties of the object inside the main function?
>
> hmmmm
>
> On Oct 21, 2:58 pm, James <james.gp....@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Not with the way your code is currently structured.
> > You'd have to move the settings variable outside of your function.
> > Something set to like:
>
> > $.fn.plugin.settings = { ... }
>
> > On Oct 21, 7:28 am, Joel Taylor <joelatay...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > Hi, so, I have a pretty basic plugin, and I'm trying to access a
> > > variable that's set when the plugin is initialized. I'd also like to
> > > change that variable on the fly.
>
> > > Is it possible?
>
> > > (function($) {
> > > $.fn.plugin = function(options){
> > > // default settings
> > > var settings = {
> > > marginLeft : 10,
> > > identifier : 'om',
> > > xidentifier : 'omx',
> > > height : 200,
> > > width : 200
> > > }
> > > //extending options
> > > options = options || {};
> > > $.extend(settings, options);
>
> > > this.each(function(i){
> > > // do something
> > > });
> > > }
>
> > > })(jQuery);
>
> > > $('div').plugin();
> > > $('div).data('marginLeft'); ????
>
> > > Thanks for any help!
>
>
