When handling options, I quite like this pattern: var settings = $.extend({ dragable: true, clickable: true, ontext: 'ON', offtext:

When handling options, I quite like this pattern: var settings = $.extend({ dragable: true, clickable: true, ontext: 'ON', offtext: 'OFF', on: true, animtime: 300 }, opts); The $.extend method still returns a suitable object even if `opts` is undefined. You also might want to `return this.each` so calls can be chained. All of this is covered here: http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Authoring http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Authoring