P.S: The node element was not there when I had posted this question. The error I was getting earlier was completely different. No idea how it went away. May be because of some architectural changes that I made
--Amruta On Friday, March 14, 2014 12:38:14 PM UTC-4, [email protected] wrote: > > A lot got changed since I posted the question. The latest error was a Type > error "Cannot set title of type undefined". (this.impl.title which I > believe is the actual title of the native DOM element) The exception was > thrown on the ready event of a polymer element whose name is "node". This > node represents any particular node on the graph and it publishes > properties x,y and title. When I was trying to create an instance of the > node element with > > <node x=100 y=100 title="StartNode"></node> > > the library threw the error. I checked the call stack and it indicated it > was something related to publishing the attributes of the node element. So, > after changing the the attribute "title" to "nodeTitle" it worked. Voila ! > My understanding is, this happened because the system was getting confused > the HTML "title" attribute and the "title" attribute that I was publishing > as a part of the "node" element declaration. But I did not get why wasn't > this problem faced when I called the webpage with shadow=native. > > Now I can see the webpage without shadow=native > > On Wednesday, March 12, 2014 12:28:48 PM UTC-4, Scott Miles wrote: >> >> >> The library is simply trying to create div's and SVG elements under >> the graph_canvas div. >> >> You need to be more specific about the exact bit of code that is throwing >> an error. >> >> The wrapped node is intended to function identically to a native node, so >> we can't guess what is wrong, we need to know what function call failed. >> >> Scott >> >>> >> >> On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 9:46 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Is there any other information you would like to know ? >>> >> >>> Amruta >>> >>> >>> On Monday, March 10, 2014 5:42:38 PM UTC-4, Scott Miles wrote: >>> >>>> >> But the library throws an exception since it is expecting a native >>>> version of the div and instead gets a wrapped one >>>> >>>> This is the key moment. We need to know what the library is trying to >>>> do that is not supported by the wrapper. >>>> >>>> Trying to 'unwrap' the wrapper is absolutely the last resort, and >>>> usually causes more trouble that it's worth. I know this from personal >>>> experience. =P >>>> >>>> Scott >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 2:35 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hello, >>>>> >>>>> I am working on a project in which I am supposed to construct a graph >>>>> with several nodes and edges using Polymer and Platform. I am using an >>>>> underlying library which is developed in-house by my company which is not >>>>> based on Polymer. This library contains functions for creating nodes, >>>>> initializing graph etc.I have created a custom element called graph. >>>>> Following is the declaration of this element: >>>>> >>>>> <pre> >>>>> <polymer-element name="cmp-graph" attributes="canvas" >>>>> constructor="CMPGraph"> >>>>> >>>>> <template> >>>>> <div id="graph_win_placeholder"> >>>>> <div id="graph_win" class="canvas"> >>>>> <div id="graph_canvas" class="graph-area"> >>>>> </div> >>>>> </div> >>>>> </div> >>>>> </template> >>>>> >>>>> </polymer-element> >>>>> </pre> >>>>> >>>>> In Javascript I call a function of the library to initialize the >>>>> graph. This function call needs a handle to the canvas div (the div with >>>>> id="graph_canvas"). So I pass this.$.graph_canvas as a parameter while >>>>> making the function call. But the library throws an exception since it is >>>>> expecting a native version of the div and instead gets a wrapped one >>>>> since >>>>> this.$.graph_canvas corresponds to the wrapped version of the div and not >>>>> the actual native one. So I tried to unwrap this.$.graph_canvas. Now the >>>>> next problem comes into picture when the library is trying to create some >>>>> DOM elements using document.createElement .document.createSVGElement etc. >>>>> Now these elements that are created by the library are wrapped (since >>>>> platform.js and polymer.js are already loaded) and the library again >>>>> throws >>>>> an error. >>>>> So inorder to solve this problem, I passed shadow=native as a >>>>> parameter in the query string and everything works fine. The library is >>>>> happy and so is my code. >>>>> >>>>> But now the problem is, my application can run only on Chrome and >>>>> Opera since other browsers do not have the native support for Shadow DOM. >>>>> Is there any other way to solve this problem? >>>>> >>>>> Any help will be appreciated. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks. >>>>> >>>>> Follow Polymer on Google+: plus.google.com/107187849809354688692 >>>>> --- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups "Polymer" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>>> >>>>> To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ >>>>> msgid/polymer-dev/701bc577-457a-44f9-ba55-e4bb511fb045% >>>>> 40googlegroups.com<https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/polymer-dev/701bc577-457a-44f9-ba55-e4bb511fb045%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>>> . >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>> >>>> >>>> Follow Polymer on Google+: plus.google.com/107187849809354688692 >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Polymer" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/polymer-dev/635e1900-6cab-4ea0-8ffe-0bee60793251%40googlegroups.com<https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/polymer-dev/635e1900-6cab-4ea0-8ffe-0bee60793251%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> Follow Polymer on Google+: plus.google.com/107187849809354688692 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Polymer" group. 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