Ultimately, I want to select individual states from this geochart. But this question is limited to getting the observer labeled _computeData
to fire in response to mutating the array of selected
states.
Reproduce the problem with the following steps:
- Open this jsBin.
- Clear the console.
- Select the state of Texas.
Note the console reads:
You selected: Colorado,South Dakota,Texas
which is expected per this line:
console.log('You selected: ' + this.selected); // Logs properly
However, I expect the console to also read:
selected
per this line:
_computeData: function() {
console.log('selected'); // Does not log properly; function not called?
...
which should be called by the following set of observers.
http://jsbin.com/wuqugigeha/1/edit?html,console,output...
observers: [
'_computeData(items.*, selected.*)',
'_dataChanged(data.*)',
],
...
Question
What's going on here? Why isn't the observer calling the _computeData
method? What can be done to get the method to fire after mutating the selected
array?
<!DOCTYPE html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<base href="https://polygit.org/components/">
<script src="webcomponentsjs/webcomponents-lite.min.js"></script>
<link href="polymer/polymer.html" rel="import">
<link href="google-chart/google-chart.html" rel="import"> </head>
<body>
<dom-module id="x-element"> <template>
<style>
google-chart {
width: 100%;
}
</style>
<br><br><br><br>
<button on-tap="_show">Show Values</button>
<button on-tap="clearAll">Clear All</button>
<button on-tap="selectAll">Select All</button>
<div>[[selected]]</div>
<google-chart
id="geochart"
type="geo"
options="[[options]]"
data="[[data]]"
xon-google-chart-select="_onGoogleChartSelect">
</google-chart>
</template>
<script>
(function() {
Polymer({
is: 'x-element',
properties: {
items: {
type: Array,
value: function() {
return [ 'Alabama', 'Alaska', 'Arizona', 'Arkansas', 'California', 'Colorado', 'Connecticut', 'Delaware', 'Florida', 'Georgia', 'Hawaii', 'Idaho', 'Illinois', 'Indiana', 'Iowa', 'Kansas', 'Kentucky', 'Louisiana', 'Maine', 'Maryland', 'Massachusetts', 'Michigan', 'Minnesota', 'Mississippi', 'Missouri', 'Montana', 'Nebraska', 'Nevada', 'New Hampshire', 'New Jersey', 'New Mexico', 'New York', 'North Carolina', 'North Dakota', 'Ohio', 'Oklahoma', 'Oregon', 'Pennsylvania', 'Rhode Island', 'South Carolina', 'South Dakota', 'Tennessee', 'Texas', 'Utah', 'Vermont', 'Virginia', 'Washington', 'West Virginia', 'Wisconsin', 'Wyoming', ].sort();
},
},
color: {
type: String, // '#455A64'
value: function() {
return 'blue';
}
},
options: {
type: Object,
notify: true,
reflectToAttribute: true,
computed: '_computeOptions(color)',
},
selected: {
type: Array,
notify: true,
reflectToAttribute: true,
value: function() {
return [];
},
//observer: '_computeData', // Unsuccessfully tried this
},
data: {
type: Array,
notify: true,
reflectToAttribute: true,
//computed: '_computeData(items.*, selected.*)', // Unsuccessfully tried this
},
},
observers: [
'_computeData(items.*, selected.*)',
'_dataChanged(data.*)',
],
// Bind select event listener to chart
ready: function() {
var _this = this;
this.$.geochart.addEventListener('google-chart-select', function(e) {
this._onGoogleChartSelect(e);
}.bind(_this));
},
_computeOptions: function() {
return {
region: 'US',
displayMode: 'regions',
resolution: 'provinces',
legend: 'none',
defaultColor: 'white',
colorAxis: {
colors: ['#E0E0E0', this.color],
minValue: 0,
maxValue: 1,
}
}
},
// On select event, compute 'selected'
_onGoogleChartSelect: function(e) {
var string = e.path[0].textContent.split('Select')[0].trim(), // e.g. 'Ohio'
selected = this.selected, // Array of selected items
index = selected.indexOf(string);
// If 'string' is not in 'selected' array, add it; else delete it
if (index === -1) {
selected.push(string);
selected.sort();
} else {
selected.splice(index, 1);
}
this.set('selected', selected);
console.log('You selected: ' + this.selected); // Logs properly
// Next step should be '_computeData' per observers
},
// After 'items' populates or 'selected' changes, compute 'data'
_computeData: function() {
console.log('selected'); // Does not log properly; function not called?
var data = [],
items = this.items,
selected = this.selected,
i = items.length;
while (i--) {
data.unshift([items[i], selected.indexOf(items[i]) > -1 ? 1 : 0]);
}
data.unshift(['State', 'Select']);
this.set('data', data);
},
// After 'data' changes, redraw chart
// Add delay to avoid 'google not defined' error
_dataChanged: function() {
var _this = this;
setTimeout(function() {
_this._drawChart();
}.bind(_this), 100)
},
// After delay, draw chart
_drawChart: function() {
var data = this.data,
dataTable = this.$.geochart._createDataTable(data);
console.log(dataTable);
this.$.geochart._chartObject.draw(dataTable, this.options);
},
clearAll: function() {
this.set('selected', []);
},
selectAll: function() {
this.set('selected', this.items);
},
_show: function() {
console.log('items: ' + this.items);
console.log('selected: ' + this.selected);
console.log('data: ' + this.data);
},
});
})();
</script>
</dom-module>
<x-element color="red" selected='["Colorado", "South Dakota"]'></x-element>
</body>
</html>