I'm really having difficulty trying to figure out how to call a function of a nested Polymer web component.
Here's the markup:
<rise-playlist>
<rise-playlist-item duration="5">
<rise-distribution distribution='[{"id":"VGZUDDWYAZHY"}]'></rise-distribution>
</rise-playlist-item>
</rise-playlist>
The rise-distribution component has a canPlay function that I would like to call from inside of rise-playlist.
The dom-module definition of rise-playlist looks like this:
<dom-module id="rise-playlist">
<template>
<content id="items" select="rise-playlist-item"></content>
</template>
</dom-module>
I can successfully access the rise-distribution element like this:
var distribution = Polymer.dom(this.$.items[0]).querySelector("rise-distribution");
However, when I try to call distribution.canPlay(), it says that distribution.canPlay is not a function.
I've defined the dom-module of rise-playlist-item like this:
<dom-module id="rise-playlist-item">
<content id="dist" select="rise-distribution"></content>
</dom-module>
Not sure if I need that <content> tag, although neither works.
Any ideas?
Thx.
I know that there have been a while but I am sure this problems still occurs as it is being viewed number of times.
Probably there is a problem with your component definition. Let me explain.
This is the way you put your child component inside DOM:
<your-child-component></your-child-component>
And and this should be the definition of your component:
Polymer({
is: 'your-child-component',
apiMethod: function() {
//some stuff
}
});
If you by mistake or due copy-paste error mistype the is: 'your-child-component' part, so it will not reflect the <your-child-component> you will get confused becouse your:
this.$$('your-child-component').apiMethod();
will tell you that there is no method you are willing to call.
Polymer correctly identified and selected from DOM <your-child-component> but if you have different is property (like for example is: your_child_component>) it will not attach its API to dom element you selected.
I hope that it will help if anyone ever will encounter this problem.
Related
Given this simplified component:
<dom-module id="poly-component">
<template>
<paper-button raised onclick="dialog.open()">Button</paper-button>
<paper-dialog id="dialog"><h1>Paper Dialog Here!</h1></paper-dialog>
</template>
<script>
Polymer({
is: 'poly-component'
})
</script>
which does nothing more than open the dialog on clicking the button.
This module works when it used once on a page.
But when it is inserted twice
[...]
<dom-module id="polyTest-app">
<template>
<h2>Hello [[prop1]]</h2>
<poly-component></poly-component>
<poly-component></poly-component>
</template>
[...]
it doesn't work anymore.
A click on the button leads to a:
(index):1 Uncaught TypeError: dialog.open is not a function
Am I missing something?
The code for this example can be found here: Example Code on GitHub
Your code cannot work because you're not binding the event handler correctly.
A built-in handler like onclick tries to execute the bit of code in global scope where dialog doesn't exist. Hence the error.
Here's how you can rewrite your code
<dom-module id="poly-component">
<template>
<paper-button raised on-click="_dialogOpen">Button</paper-button>
<paper-dialog id="dialog"><h1>Paper Dialog Here!</h1></paper-dialog>
</template>
<script>
Polymer({
is: 'poly-component',
_dialogOpen: function() {
this.$.dialog.open();
}
})
</script>
</dom-module>
First, notice how onclick changes to on-click - the Polymer event handling notation. PS. tap event is advised.
Second, you can only access other elements from code. Not directly in bindings. Hence the _dialogOpen function.
UPDATE
Ok, I know what's happening. When there is only one element with a given id, the browsers let's you use it simply by that id in global scope.
When you use Shady DOM, which I assume you do, two instances of your poly-component element render two <dialog id="dialog">. At this point window.dialog is not available anymore.
Again, with Polymer it's safer to use the this.$ notation aka Automatic node finding to reference elements in local DOM.
I have a polymer element looking like this:
<polymer-element name="foo" attributes="bar">
<template>
<core-ajax
url="url.php"
params="{{ {last: bar} }}"></core-ajax>
{{bar}}
</template>
</polymer-element>
Though, when I create element, the attribute shows up on the page, but the ajax request is like url.php?last so it seems that variable is undefined.
Also, this.bar returns undefined.
How can I solve that?
Keep in mind core-ajax has been deprecated in polymer 1.0 to iron-ajax.
Anyway, is params bind being resolved properly?
Based on documentation for new iron-ajax element the sintax should be:
params='{"alt":"json", "q":"chrome"}'
I'm using one of the core polymer components that basically has:
<polymer-element attributes="label">
<div>{{label}}</div>
as part of the source. I'd like to inject some HTML into this so that it ultimately renders as:
<div>Item <small>Description</small></div>
Is there any way to do this without copying the entire component (which is basically impossible considering the dependency chain)?
Polymer doesn't allow setting HTML inside {{}} expressions because it's a known XSS outlet. However, there are ways around it (1, 2).
I'm not sure there's a great way around this issue but I found something that works. You want to extend the element but also need to modify its shadow dom because of the .innerHTML limitation. Taking paper-button as an example, it has an internal {{label}}. You could extend the element, drill into its shadow dom, and set .innerHTML of the container where {{label}} is set. React to label changing (labelChanged) and call this.super():
<polymer-element name="x-el" extends="paper-button">
<template>
<shadow></shadow>
</template>
<script>
Polymer('x-el', {
labelChanged: function() {
// When label changes, find where it's set in paper-button
// and set the container's .innerHTML.
this.$.content.querySelector('span').innerHTML = this.label;
// call paper-button's labelChanged().
this.super();
}
});
</script>
</polymer-element>
Demo: http://jsbin.com/ripufoqu/1/edit
Problem is that it's brittle and requires you to know the internals of the element you're extending.
Is it possible to attach dynamically created elements to methods within the element?
For illustration purposes, the method 'alertMe' is not called, and is probably not being attached correctly. Changing the callback from ready to let's say created would not allow me to use the selector "this.$"
<polymer-element name="decorated-button">
<template>
<div id="container"></div>
</template>
<script>
Polymer('decorated-button', {
ready: function(){
var button = document.createElement('button');
button.setAttribute('on-click','{{alertMe}}');
this.$.container.appendChild(button);
},
alertMe: function(){
alert("From alert");
}
});
</script>
</polymer-element>
I'm looking to be able to create n elements dynamically, and to be able to call a method internally to take action and decide which element n initiated the action. The way I'm approaching it feels like I'm missing an underlying concept...open to any suggestions. Thanks in advance.
Either I am doing something horribly wrong or Polymer just doesn't like me. See following:
<polymer-element name="menu-paper-ui" noscript>
<template>
<paper-dialog heading="Dialog" transition="paper-dialog-transition-bottom">
[ .. ]
</paper-dialog>
<paper-button label="Dialog Bottom" on-tap="{{toggleDialog}}"></paper-button>
</template>
<script>
Polymer('menu-paper-ui', {
toggleDialog : function() {
var dialog = document.querySelector('paper-dialog');
console.log(dialog); //returns null
dialog.toggle();
}
})
</script>
</polymer-element>
Now, I have my reasons to use querySelector. So, if someone can tell me whats going wrong that will be great!
This question is nearly identical to Using querySelector to find nested elements inside a Polymer template returns null.
The short answer is that elements in a polymer-element's template are put into the ShadowDOM of that element, are not not visible to the anything outside of that element. This is so that you can control styling more easily, and element IDs are scoped.
You can either give the dialog an id and use Polymer's automatic node finding, or use this.shadowRoot.querySelector('paper-dialog').
The Problem is that you can not access the shadow DOM inside a custom element with document.querySelector. See my answer to a similar question.