Wow, just a minor mistake on my part. I was able to put the listener in
the 'ready' block and it worked fine.
On Wednesday, January 27, 2016 at 4:22:12 PM UTC-8, Colin Cannon wrote:
>
> I want to write my own simple browser history solution for my polymer app.
> Normally I would listen for the window event 'popstate' and go from there.
> Problem I have with polymer is that I can still listen and catch the
> popstate event outside my polymer code, but then I need to change a
> property, 'pageSelected' of my polymer component.
>
> Here is my normal event listener
>
> window.addEventListener('popstate', function(e) {
> console.log('do something');
> });
>
> I tried to listen for it in my polymer app component by adding
>
> listeners: {
> 'window.popstate': '_handlePopstate'
> }
>
> But I didn't have any luck. So I think two solutions could help
>
> 1. How can I listen to browser events such as popstate in my Polymer
> object?
>
> or
>
> 2. If I listen outside my Polymer object, how can I update a property of
> my Polymer object from outside?
>
> I don't want to use any premade solutions, mainly just so I can learn more
> how Polymer works. Thanks in advance for any advice/help.
>
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