Animate Menu

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(function($){
    $.fn.extend({ 
        //plugin name - animatemenu
        animateMenu: function(options) {
 
            //Settings list and the default values
            var defaults = {
                animatePadding: 60,
                defaultPadding: 10,
                evenColor: '#ccc',
                oddColor: '#eee'
            };
             
            var options = $.extend(defaults, options);
         
            return this.each(function() {
                var o =options;
                 
                //Assign current element to variable, in this case is UL element
                var obj = $(this);              
                 
                //Get all LI in the UL
                var items = $("li", obj);
                   
                //Change the color according to odd and even rows
                $("li:even", obj).css('background-color', o.evenColor);             
                $("li:odd", obj).css('background-color', o.oddColor);                     
                   
                //Attach mouseover and mouseout event to the LI  
                items.mouseover(function() {
                    $(this).animate({paddingLeft: o.animatePadding}, 300);
                     
                }).mouseout(function() {
                    $(this).animate({paddingLeft: o.defaultPadding}, 300);
                });
                 
            });
        }
    });
})(jQuery);