I've been making some progress here. I think I'll be able to figure it out. Somehow looking at the actual component's code made more sense to me and makes it easier to understand how mixins and custom properties work than looking at the docs. By the way Eric, maybe you can check this thread out and recommend to me how I can help out with improving the paper-elements?
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/polymer-dev/SOwdL1BSDR0 Am Montag, 7. September 2015 23:49:41 UTC+8 schrieb [email protected]: > > I've seen those docs but somehow I just couldn't get it to work yet > (that's why I was hoping for a specific example in one of the element's > catalog docs. Anyway, I'm looking at the docs again and will give this > another shot tonight ... > > Am Montag, 7. September 2015 23:23:04 UTC+8 schrieb Eric Bidelman: >> >> Here are the docs on mixins: >> >> https://www.polymer-project.org/1.0/docs/devguide/styling.html#custom-css-mixins >> >> On Mon, Sep 7, 2015, 4:09 AM <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi Eric, to add my two cents to this: What I've found lacking are >>> demos/examples of how to use mixins. For example, I've been trying to >>> figure out how to style a paper-dropdown-menu with the available mixins and >>> the recommendation of using the -paper-input-container-color to stlye >>> stuff. I haven't found a single example in the docs how to style something >>> like this (how to nest those two to make it work?). Still haven't figured >>> it out :/ >>> >>> Am Mittwoch, 2. September 2015 07:31:12 UTC+8 schrieb Eric Bidelman: >>> >>>> Hi David, >>>> >>>> Sorry for the troubles. The place to go for 1.0 docs is >>>> https://www.polymer-project.org/1.0/docs/devguide/feature-overview.html >>>> . >>>> >>>> It would help us greatly if you could share what you found missing from >>>> the 1.0 docs or where we can move things around. It's always good to get >>>> new user perspectives. >>>> >>>> FWIW, we recently removed the 0.5 documentation from Google's index, so >>>> it should no longer turn up in searches very shortly. It'll still >>>> exist on the website if you need to drill into it. >>>> >>>> On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 3:06 PM David Meads <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>> To whom it may concern: >>>>> >>>>> Hi, I am a developer tasked with creating a new application with >>>>> Polymer 1.0. There are many things I really like about Polymer and I can >>>>> see why our architects have chosen to use this platform. With that being >>>>> said, I am struggling to find documentation that is specific to 1.0. >>>>> >>>>> The things I need to understand are sometimes found in the >>>>> 1.0/docs/devguide and then sometimes the things I need to understand are >>>>> in >>>>> the migration guide. Many times I find myself reading docs for 0.5. Not >>>>> because I want to develope a 0.5 site, simply because it is the only >>>>> place >>>>> I can find documentation on areas that I am attempting to learn. The >>>>> problem with reading 0.5 docs is, I never know what parts are included in >>>>> both versions of Polymer. >>>>> >>>>> The feeling I have had at times is that I should just write my app in >>>>> 0.5 and then migrate since there is consistency in 0.5 documentation. >>>>> Since >>>>> I have never used Polymer and would like to go from 1.0 forward, I was >>>>> hoping to not need to spend more time on 0.5. >>>>> >>>>> Mostly I would like there to be ONE reliable place where I can see 1.0 >>>>> documentation that I know is correct to the version I am using as well as >>>>> complete. >>>>> >>>>> Is there some advice you can give me in finding the correct and >>>>> complete documentation for 1.0? >>>>> >>>>> Thank you very much for your help. 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