;(function($){    
    //pass in just the context as a $(obj) or a settings JS object
    $.fn.autogrow = function(opts) {
        var that = $(this).css({overflow: 'hidden', resize: 'none'}) //prevent scrollies
            , selector = that.selector
            , defaults = {
                context: $(document) //what to wire events to
                , animate: true //if you want the size change to animate
                , speed: 200 //speed of animation
                , fixMinHeight: true //if you don't want the box to shrink below its initial size
                , cloneClass: 'autogrowclone' //helper CSS class for clone if you need to add special rules
                , onInitialize: false //resizes the textareas when the plugin is initialized
            }
        ;
        opts = $.isPlainObject(opts) ? opts : {context: opts ? opts : $(document)};
        opts = $.extend({}, defaults, opts);
        that.each(function(i, elem){
            var min, clone;
            elem = $(elem);
            //if the element is "invisible", we get an incorrect height value
            //to get correct value, clone and append to the body. 
            if (elem.is(':visible') || parseInt(elem.css('height'), 10) > 0) {
                min = parseInt(elem.css('height'), 75) || elem.innerHeight();
            } else {
                clone = elem.clone()
                    .addClass(opts.cloneClass)
                    .val(elem.val())
                    .css({
                        position: 'absolute'
                        , visibility: 'hidden'
                        , display: 'block'
                    })
                ;
                $('body').append(clone);
                min = clone.innerHeight();
                clone.remove();
            }
            if (opts.fixMinHeight) {
                elem.data('autogrow-start-height', min); //set min height
            }
            elem.css('height', min);
            
            if (opts.onInitialize && elem.length) {
                resize.call(elem[0]);
            }
        });
        opts.context
            .on('keyup paste', selector, resize)
        ;
    
        function resize (e){
            var box = $(this)
                , oldHeight = box.innerHeight()
                , newHeight = this.scrollHeight
                , minHeight = box.data('autogrow-start-height') || 0
                , clone
            ;
            if (oldHeight < newHeight) { //user is typing
                this.scrollTop = 0; //try to reduce the top of the content hiding for a second
                if(opts.animate) {
                    box.stop().animate({height: newHeight}, {duration: opts.speed, complete: notifyGrown});
                } else {
                    box.innerHeight(newHeight);
                    notifyGrown();
                }
                
            } else if (!e || e.which == 8 || e.which == 46 || (e.ctrlKey && e.which == 88)) { //user is deleting, backspacing, or cutting
                if (oldHeight > minHeight) { //shrink!
                    //this cloning part is not particularly necessary. however, it helps with animation
                    //since the only way to cleanly calculate where to shrink the box to is to incrementally
                    //reduce the height of the box until the $.innerHeight() and the scrollHeight differ.
                    //doing this on an exact clone to figure out the height first and then applying it to the
                    //actual box makes it look cleaner to the user
                    clone = box.clone()
                        //add clone class for extra css rules
                        .addClass(opts.cloneClass)
                        //make "invisible", remove height restriction potentially imposed by existing CSS
                        .css({position: 'absolute', zIndex:-10, height: ''}) 
                        //populate with content for consistent measuring
                        .val(box.val()) 
                    ;
                    box.after(clone); //append as close to the box as possible for best CSS matching for clone
                    do { //reduce height until they don't match
                        newHeight = clone[0].scrollHeight - 1;
                        clone.innerHeight(newHeight);
                    } while (newHeight === clone[0].scrollHeight);
                    newHeight++; //adding one back eliminates a wiggle on deletion 
                    clone.remove();
                    box.focus(); // Fix issue with Chrome losing focus from the textarea.
                    
                    //if user selects all and deletes or holds down delete til beginning
                    //user could get here and shrink whole box
                    newHeight < minHeight && (newHeight = minHeight);
                    if(oldHeight > newHeight) {
                        if(opts.animate) {
                            box.stop().animate({height: newHeight}, {duration: opts.speed, complete: notifyShrunk});
                        } else {
                            box.innerHeight(newHeight);
                            notifyShrunk();
                        }
                    }
                    
                } else { //just set to the minHeight
                    box.innerHeight(minHeight);
                }
            } 
        }

        // Trigger event to indicate a textarea has grown.
        function notifyGrown() {
            opts.context.trigger('autogrow:grow');
        }

        // Trigger event to indicate a textarea has shrunk.
        function notifyShrunk() {
            opts.context.trigger('autogrow:shrink');
        }

        return that;
    }
})(jQuery);
