(function($){

$.fn.autoGrowInput = function(o) {
	if (($(this).get(0).tagName).toLowerCase()=="input") {
		o = $.extend({
			maxWidth: 1000,
			minWidth: 0,
			comfortZone: 70
		}, o);

		this.filter('input:text').each(function(){

        var minWidth = o.minWidth || $(this).width(),
            val = '',
            input = $(this),
            testSubject = $('<tester/>').css({
                position: 'absolute',
                top: -9999,
                left: -9999,
                width: 'auto',
                fontSize: input.css('fontSize'),
                fontFamily: input.css('fontFamily'),
                fontWeight: input.css('fontWeight'),
                letterSpacing: input.css('letterSpacing'),
                whiteSpace: 'nowrap'
            }),
            check = function() {

                if (val === (val = input.val())) {return;}

                // Enter new content into testSubject
                var escaped = val.replace(/&/g, '&amp;').replace(/\s/g,' ').replace(/</g, '&lt;').replace(/>/g, '&gt;');
                testSubject.html(escaped);

                // Calculate new width + whether to change
                var testerWidth = testSubject.width(),
                    newWidth = (testerWidth + o.comfortZone) >= minWidth ? testerWidth + o.comfortZone : minWidth,
                    currentWidth = input.width(),
                    isValidWidthChange = (newWidth < currentWidth && newWidth >= minWidth)
                                         || (newWidth > minWidth && newWidth < o.maxWidth);

                // Animate width
                if (isValidWidthChange) {
                    input.width(newWidth);
                }

            };

        testSubject.insertAfter(input);

        $(this).bind('keyup keydown blur update', check);

		});

		return this;

	}
	else
	{
        
        // Just some abstracted details,
        // to make plugin users happy:
        var settings = $.extend({
            onResize : function(){},
            animate : true,
            animateDuration : 150,
            animateCallback : function(){},
            comfortZone : 20,
            limit: 1000
        }, o);
        
        // Only textarea's auto-resize:
        this.filter('textarea').each(function(){
            
                // Get rid of scrollbars and disable WebKit resizing:
            var textarea = $(this).css({resize:'none','overflow-y':'hidden'}),
            
                // Cache original height, for use later:
                origHeight = textarea.height(),
                
                // Need clone of textarea, hidden off screen:
                clone = (function(){
                    
                    // Properties which may effect space taken up by chracters:
                    var props = ['height','width','lineHeight','textDecoration','letterSpacing'],
                        propOb = {};
                        
                    // Create object of styles to apply:
                    $.each(props, function(i, prop){
                        propOb[prop] = textarea.css(prop);
                    });
                    
                    // Clone the actual textarea removing unique properties
                    // and insert before original textarea:
                    return textarea.clone().removeAttr('id').removeAttr('name').css({
                        position: 'absolute',
                        top: 0,
                        left: -9999
                    }).css(propOb).attr('tabIndex','-1').insertBefore(textarea);
					
                })(),
                lastScrollTop = null,
                updateSize = function() {
					
                    // Prepare the clone:
                    clone.height(0).val($(this).val()).scrollTop(10000);
					
                    // Find the height of text:
                    var scrollTop = Math.max(clone.scrollTop(), origHeight) + settings.comfortZone,
                        toChange = $(this).add(clone);
						
                    // Don't do anything if scrollTip hasen't changed:
                    if (lastScrollTop === scrollTop) { return; }
                    lastScrollTop = scrollTop;
					
                    // Check for limit:
                    if ( scrollTop >= settings.limit ) {
                        $(this).css('overflow-y','');
                        return;
                    }
                    // Fire off callback:
                    settings.onResize.call(this);
					
                    // Either animate or directly apply height:
                    settings.animate && textarea.css('display') === 'block' ?
                        toChange.stop().animate({height:scrollTop}, settings.animateDuration, settings.animateCallback)
                        : toChange.height(scrollTop);
                };
            
            // Bind namespaced handlers to appropriate events:
            textarea
                .unbind('.dynSiz')
                .bind('keyup.dynSiz', updateSize)
                .bind('keydown.dynSiz', updateSize)
                .bind('change.dynSiz', updateSize);
            
        });
        
        // Chain:
        return this;
        
    }
    
}    
    
})(jQuery);