Quick Toggle plugin for jQuery

qToggle.js

/**
* Quick toggle plugin to toggle visibility of elements within the page by defining a trigger and a target
*
* Usage:
*     $(document).ready(function(){
*         $('.my-item').qToggle({'animation' : 'fade', animationOptions : { duration : 200 }});
*     });
*/

// Create the defaults once
var pluginName = 'qToggle';
var defaults = {
	animation : '',
	animationOptions : {}
};

function qToggle (element, options) {
    var self = this;
    self.element = element;
    self.$el = $(element);
    self.settings = $.extend( {}, defaults, options );
    self._name = pluginName;

    self.targetID = self.$el.attr('data-qbind-target');
    self.groupID = self.$el.attr('data-qbind-group');
    self.toggleType = self.settings.animation ? self.settings.animation + 'Toggle' : 'toggle';
    if(self.targetID){
    	self.$target = $(self.targetID);
    	self.init();
    } else {
    	console.warn('qBind needs a target to be defined by adding data-qbind-target to the trigger element for the  following item :', self.$el);
    }
}

qToggle.prototype.init = function () {
	var self = this;
	// set listener for the trigger
	self.$el.on('click', function(){
		self.$target[self.toggleType](self.settings.animationOptions);
		self.$el.toggleClass('active');

		// if part of group turn off other group items
		if(self.groupID){
			$("[data-qbind-group= '" + self.groupID + "']").each(function(){
				var item = $(this);
				var targetID = item.attr('data-qbind-target');
				if(targetID === self.targetID){ return; }
				$(targetID + ':visible')[self.toggleType](self.settings.animationOptions);
				item.removeClass('active');
			});
		}

	});

};

$.fn.qToggle = function ( options ) {
    return this.each(function() {
        if ( !$.data( this, 'plugin_' + pluginName ) ) {
                $.data( this, 'plugin_' + pluginName, new qToggle( this, options ) );
        }
    });
};