I’ve refined the jQuery code from my previous blog post and turned it into a new plugin ChangeBg. It can set the background color for all odd-numbered child elements under a specific tag (Note: these are child elements, not descendant elements), and also add events to all child elements to change their background and font colors on mouse enter and leave.

Usage: `$('select').ChangeBg(bgCol, chBgCl, chCol);` or simply `$('select').ChangeBg();` The function has three parameters, as follows:

• bgCol Background color for odd-numbered rows, defaults to '#EEE'
• chBgCl Background color on mouse hover, defaults to '#0066CC'
• chCol Font color on mouse hover, defaults to '#FFF'

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