/*
Copyright (c) 2007 Christian yates
christianyates.com
chris [at] christianyates [dot] com
Licensed under the MIT License: 
http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php

Inspired by work of Ingo Schommer
http://chillu.com/2007/9/30/jquery-columnizelist-plugin
*/
(function($){
  $.fn.columnizeList = function(settings){
    settings = $.extend({
      cols: 3,
      constrainWidth: 0
    }, settings);
    // var type=this.getNodeType();
    this.each(function() {
      var container = $(this);
      if (container.length == 0) { return; }
      var prevColNum = 10000; // Start high to avoid appending to the wrong column
      var size = $('li',container).size();
      var percol = Math.ceil(size/settings.cols);
      var tag = container[0].tagName.toLowerCase();
      var classN = container[0].className;
      var colwidth = Math.floor($(container).width()/settings.cols);
//      var maxheight = 0;
      // Prevent stomping on existing ids with pseudo-random string
      var rand = Math.floor(Math.random().toPrecision(6)*10e6);
      $('<ul id="container'+rand+'" class="'+classN+'"></ul>').css({width:$(container).width()+'px'}).insertBefore(container);
      $('li', container).each(function(i) {
        var currentColNum = Math.floor(i/percol);
        if(prevColNum != currentColNum) {
//          if ($("#col" + rand + "-" + prevColNum).height() > maxheight) { maxheight = $("#col" + rand + "-" + prevColNum).height(); }
          $("#container"+rand).append('<li class="list-column-processed"><'+tag+' id="col'+rand+'-'+currentColNum+'"></'+tag+'></li>');
        }
        $(this).attr("value",i+1).appendTo("#col"+rand+'-'+currentColNum);
        prevColNum = currentColNum;
      });
      $("li.list-column-processed").css({
        'float':'left',
        'list-style':'none',
        'margin':0,
        'padding':0
      });
      if (settings.constrainWidth) {
        $(".list-column-processed").css({'width':colwidth + "px"});
      };
      
      $("#container"+rand).after('<div style="clear: both;"></div>');
//      $("#container"+rand+" "+tag).height(maxheight);
      // Add CSS to columns
      container.remove();
    });
    return this;
  };
})(jQuery);