function toggle(pane){
    if($(pane).css("display") == "block"){
		$(pane).css("display", "none");
	}
	else {
		$(pane).css("display", "block");
	}
}

function position(obj, pane, left, top){
    var xPos = $(obj).position().left + left;
    var yPos = $(obj).position().top - top; 
    
    $(pane).css("left", xPos + "px");
	$(pane).css("top", yPos + "px");
}

/* Extracted from Prototype JS Library, http://prototype.conio.net/
 Written by Sam Stephenson, http://conio.net/ */
function _gel() {
  var elements = new Array();
  for (var i = 0; i < arguments.length; i++) {
    var element = arguments[i];
    if (typeof element == 'string') element = (document.getElementById) ? document.getElementById(element) : eval("document.all."+element) ;
    if (arguments.length == 1) return element;
    elements.push(element);
  }
  return elements;
}

/* Function to grab all elements with a specific class name.
 Original written by Jonathan Snook, http://www.snook.ca/jonathan
 Add-ons by Robert Nyman, http://www.robertnyman.com 	
 Re-written by Zack Gilbert of Seen Creative, http://www.weareseencreative.com */
function getElementsByClass(className, elm, tag){
	if(elm == null) elm = document;
	if(tag == null) tag = '*';
	var elems = elm.getElementsByTagName(tag);
	var returnElems = new Array();
	className = className.replace(/\-/g, "\\-");
	var pattern = new RegExp("(^|\\s)" + className + "(\\s|$)");
	for(var i=0; i<elems.length; i++){
		if(pattern.test(elems[i].className)) returnElems.push(elems[i]);
	}
	return returnElems
}

/* Function to return the class attribute. IE and all other standards compliant browsers have different names for the class attribute object. */
function classAttr(){
	var class_att = null;
	if (browser == IE ){
		class_att = 'className';
	}
	else {
		class_att = 'class';
	}
	
	return class_att;
	
}
/* Functions to add/remove event listeners to objects
	Written by John Resig, http://ejohn.org */
function addEvent( obj, type, fn ) {
	if (obj.addEventListener) obj.addEventListener( type, fn, false );
	else if (obj.attachEvent) {
		obj["e"+type+fn] = fn;
		obj[type+fn] = function() { obj["e"+type+fn]( window.event ); }
		obj.attachEvent( "on"+type, obj[type+fn] );
	}
}

function removeEvent( obj, type, fn ) {
	if (obj.removeEventListener) obj.removeEventListener( type, fn, false );
	else if (obj.detachEvent) {
		obj.detachEvent( "on"+type, obj[type+fn] );
		obj[type+fn] = null;
		obj["e"+type+fn] = null;
	}
}
/* Functions to handle cross-browser events.
 Written by Zack Gilbert of Seen Creative, http://www.weareseencreative.com. */
/* get the target of an event object */
function getTarget(e) {
	return (e.target) ? e.target : e.srcElement;
}

/* Function to get object attribute text */
function getObjectAttribute(obj,attr){
	var attrValue = obj.getAttribute(attr);	
	return attrValue;
}

/* Function to get img extension */
function getImgExt(obj){
	var src = obj.getAttribute('src');

	var imgExtPosition = src.lastIndexOf('.') + 1;	//Get the extension. Add 1 to get only the extension, not .extension

	var extension;

	if(src.match('clearpixel.gif')){	//If IE and the image is a PNG, return 'png', because the PNG transparency function causes the img src to be clearpixel.gif.
		extension = 'png';
	}

	else {
		var extension = src.slice(imgExtPosition);
	}

	return extension;
}