<div id="my-tab"><span class="handle">Click me</span>Hello World</div>

$('#my-tab').tabSlideOut( {'tabLocation':'right','action':'hover'} );

$('#my-tab').tabSlideOut('isOpen'); // return true or false
$('#my-tab').tabSlideOut('open'); // opens it
$('#my-tab').tabSlideOut('close'); // closes it
$('#my-tab').tabSlideOut('toggle'); // toggles it
$('#my-tab').tabSlideOut('bounce'); // bounces the tab

$('#my-tab').trigger('open'); // opens it
$('#my-tab').trigger('close'); // closes it
$('#my-tab').trigger('toggle'); // toggles it
$('#my-tab').trigger('bounce'); // bounces the tab

$(document).on('slideouttabopen slideouttabclose slideouttabbounce',function(event){
    var $panel = $(event.target);
    var eventType = event.type;
    // your code here
});

tabLocation: 'left', // left, right, top or bottom
tabHandle: '.handle', // JQuery selector for the tab, can use any JQuery selector
action: 'click',  // action which will open the panel, e.g. 'hover'
hoverTimeout: 5000, // ms to keep tab open after no longer hovered - only if action = 'hover'
offset: '200px', // panel dist from top or left (bottom or right if offsetReverse is true)
offsetReverse: false, // if true, panel is offset from  right or bottom of window instead of left or top
otherOffset: null, // if set, panel size is also set to maintain this dist from bottom or right of view port (top or left if offsetReverse)
handleOffset: null, // e.g. '10px'. If null, detects panel border to align handle nicely on edge
handleOffsetReverse: false, // if true, handle is offset from right or bottom of panel instead of left or top
bounceDistance: '50px', // how far bounce event will move everything
bounceTimes: 4, // how many bounces when 'bounce' is called
bounceSpeed: 300, // time to animate bounces
tabImage: null, // optional image to show in the tab
tabImageHeight: null, // optional IE8 and lower only, else autodetected size
tabImageWidth: null, // optional IE8 and lower only, else autodetected size
onLoadSlideOut: false, // slide out after DOM load
clickScreenToClose: true, // close tab when somewhere outside the tab is clicked
clickScreenToCloseFilters: ['.ui-slideouttab-panel'], // if click target or parents match any of these, click won't close this tab
onOpen: function(){}, // handler called after opening
onClose: function(){}, // handler called after closing
onSlide: function(){}, // handler called after opening or closing
onBeforeOpen: function(){return true;}, // handler called before opening, return false to cancel
onBeforeClose: function(){return true;}, // handler called before closing, return false to cancel
onBeforeSlide: function(){return true;} // handler called before opening or closing, return false to cancel