ps: Regarding the second point/question I posed in my previous reply, I just noticed the way to prevent loading the core-image src from browser cache. I noted that the demo examples for core-image appends the following to the src location in order to force a refresh of the image:
"?" + Math.random(); Fair to assume that is the best practice? Kelly On Saturday, January 24, 2015 at 10:32:46 AM UTC-8, [email protected] wrote: > > I agree that the core-image docs could be improved a little, as well as > possibly some additional features. One useful feature to introduce might > be a new attribute that forces the load/preload process to wait for the src > image file to actually exist (perhaps with a mandatory timeout). This is > useful when a separate server-side process is dynamically creating the > image file(s) which you are trying to display. Not sure if there is a > straightforward way to build that as a feature. I've done so in my polymer > app with some extra javascript, but it would be a nice addition to the > component. > > Another thing I'm looking for is a way to force a refresh of the image > (prevent loading it from the cache even when the src file location is the > same). Anyone know if there is currently an easy way to do that with > core-image? > > Keep up the good work polymer team! > > Kelly > > On Monday, December 15, 2014 at 3:18:33 PM UTC-8, Charles Munat wrote: >> >> I've spent roughly eight hours trying to make core-image work. I'm not >> sure what the trick is, but the online documentation is no help at all. >> >> From what I've been able to determine, the image does not appear unless >> dimensions are included, but there is nothing about this in the API >> documentation. When dimensions are provided, they appear to override the >> sizing attribute, which makes one wonder what the point of the attribute is. >> >> I just want the image to be pinned to the left and to fit the box, with >> overflow cropped. And I want to layer text on top of it. I can get the >> text, but can't seem to position it at all. I'm pretty sure that I'm just >> missing some small thing, but apparently it was so small that the writers >> of the documentation didn't think it worth mentioning. Unless I missed >> something (very possible... brain is fried). >> >> Anyone know the trick to this? Example? The online docs are nothing but >> frustrating. >> >> TIA. >> >> Chas. >> > 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/93393460-826a-4eaa-a4e6-25b639b3e8f1%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
