$(document).ready(function(){
	
	$('#left_nav_menu li a.lDropList').click( showHideNav );
	
});

// show/hide left nav
function showHideNav() {

    var navClicked = $(this);

	nav_Parent = navClicked.parent('li');

	var navToDrop = nav_Parent.children('ul');

	var navId = navToDrop.attr('id');
	var checkClass = navToDrop.hasClass('hidden');

	if (checkClass) {
		navToDrop.removeClass('hidden');
		navToDrop.slideDown('slow');
		navClicked.toggleClass('selected');
	} else {

		// slide out and add the hidden class afterwards to reset
		navToDrop.slideUp('slow', function() {
			navToDrop.addClass('hidden');
		});
		
		navClicked.toggleClass('selected'); 
	}
	
	return false;
}