jQuery Autoscroll div using vertical menu

[MZBS]

Hello,

I am using this script: http://valums.com/vertical-scrolling-menu/ to create a vertical menu and when I mouseover that area I can go down or up. Is perfect for what I want but i need also that this menu works with "auto-scroll". I mean that I want also the DIV to move automatically down and also with the actual effect. So if you dont touch the area is going down auto. and if you touch with the mouse that area works with the actual effect.

The code is this:

/*<![CDATA[*/

function makeScrollable(wrapper, scrollable){
	// Get jQuery elements
	var wrapper = $(wrapper), scrollable = $(scrollable);
	
	// Hide images until they are not loaded
	scrollable.hide();
	var loading = $('<div class="loading">Cargando...</div>').appendTo(wrapper);
	
	// Set function that will check if all images are loaded
	var interval = setInterval(function(){
		var images = scrollable.find('img');
		var completed = 0;
		
		// Counts number of images that are succesfully loaded
		images.each(function(){
			if (this.complete) completed++;	
		});
		
		if (completed == images.length){
			clearInterval(interval);
			// Timeout added to fix problem with Chrome
			setTimeout(function(){
				
				loading.hide();
				// Remove scrollbars	
				wrapper.css({overflow: 'hidden'});						
				
				scrollable.slideDown('slow', function(){
					enable();	
				});					
			}, 1000);	
		}
	}, 100);
	
	function enable(){
		// height of area at the top at bottom, that don't respond to mousemove
		var inactiveMargin = 99;					
		// Cache for performance
		var wrapperWidth = wrapper.width();
		var wrapperHeight = wrapper.height();
		// Using outer height to include padding too
		var scrollableHeight = scrollable.outerHeight() + 2*inactiveMargin;
		// Do not cache wrapperOffset, because it can change when user resizes window
		// We could use onresize event, but it's just not worth doing that 
		// var wrapperOffset = wrapper.offset();
		
		// Create a invisible tooltip
		var tooltip = $('<div class="sc_menu_tooltip"></div>')
			.css('opacity', 0)
			.appendTo(wrapper);
	
		// Save menu titles
		scrollable.find('a').each(function(){				
			$(this).data('tooltipText', this.title);				
		});
		
		// Remove default tooltip
		scrollable.find('a').removeAttr('title');		
		// Remove default tooltip in IE
		scrollable.find('img').removeAttr('alt');	
		
		var lastTarget;
		//When user move mouse over menu			
		wrapper.mousemove(function(e){
			// Save target
			lastTarget = e.target;

			var wrapperOffset = wrapper.offset();
		
			var tooltipLeft = e.pageX - wrapperOffset.left;
			// Do not let tooltip to move out of menu.
			// Because overflow is set to hidden, we will not be able too see it 
			tooltipLeft = Math.min(tooltipLeft, wrapperWidth - 75); //tooltip.outerWidth());
			
			var tooltipTop = e.pageY - wrapperOffset.top + wrapper.scrollTop() - 40;
			// Move tooltip under the mouse when we are in the higher part of the menu
			if (e.pageY - wrapperOffset.top < wrapperHeight/2){
				tooltipTop += 80;
			}				
			tooltip.css({top: tooltipTop, left: tooltipLeft});				
			
			// Scroll menu
			var top = (e.pageY -  wrapperOffset.top) * (scrollableHeight - wrapperHeight) / wrapperHeight - inactiveMargin;
			if (top < 0){
				top = 0;
			}			
			wrapper.scrollTop(top);
		});
		
		// Setting interval helps solving perfomance problems in IE
		var interval = setInterval(function(){
			if (!lastTarget) return;	
										
			var currentText = tooltip.text();
			
			if (lastTarget.nodeName == 'IMG'){					
				// We've attached data to a link, not image
				var newText = $(lastTarget).parent().data('tooltipText');

				// Show tooltip with the new text
				if (currentText != newText) {
					tooltip
						.stop(true)
						.css('opacity', 0)	
						.text(newText)
						.animate({opacity: 1}, 1000);
				}					
			}
		}, 200);
		
		// Hide tooltip when leaving menu
		wrapper.mouseleave(function(){
			lastTarget = false;
			tooltip.stop(true).css('opacity', 0).text('');
		});			
		
		
		//Usage of hover event resulted in performance problems
		scrollable.find('a').hover(function(){
			tooltip
				.stop()
				.css('opacity', 0)
				.text($(this).data('tooltipText'))
				.animate({opacity: 1}, 1000);
	
		}, function(){
			tooltip
				.stop()
				.animate({opacity: 0}, 300);
		});
				
	}
}
	
$(function(){	
	makeScrollable("div.sc_menu_wrapper", "div.sc_menu");
});
/*]]>*/

I have tried some other scripts in order tu add "auto-scroll" effect to this example but anything works.

Anybody can help me?

Thank you so much in advance

[MZBS]

If helps somebody I have solved part of this problem adding this lines:

<script language="javascript">
i = 0
var speed = 1.1
function scroll() {
i = i + speed
var div = document.getElementById("scrollable")
div.scrollTop = i
if (i > div.scrollHeight - 160) {i = 0}
t1=setTimeout("scroll()",100)
}
</script>

And in the body to stop on moseover:

<div class="sc_menu_wrapper" id="scrollable" style="overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;" onmouseover="clearTimeout(t1)" onmouseout="scroll()">

And works fine. The only problem now is that when I mouseout the content the scroll start from the beginning again. Is there any way to get it started/continue for the place where I was.

Thaaank you!

[Old Pedant]

I don't see any reason it would start at the top again.

Can you show this on a live page? Give us a URL?