jquery toggle slide from left to right and back

Question

I have a \"Menu\" button on the left hand side of the page and once selected I have a div containing the menu items show. I then have another button that can be selected to hid

Answer 1

Sliding from the right:

$('#example').animate({width:'toggle'},350);

Sliding to the left:

$('#example').toggle({ direction: "left" }, 1000);