Google's Polymer creators claim we can manually sort <iron-list>
(resolving this issue, perhaps?).
Per @emmanuel on the Polymer Slack Site:
You can set
list.items = newItems
and that will refresh the list.
Here is my code. But it's not working. Please help.
This section of code seems to be the problem.//this.$.list.items = this.items.sort(this._computeSort(val, ord));
//this.items = this.items.sort(this._computeSort(val, ord));
//this.items.sort(this._computeSort(val, ord));
//this.$.list.items = this.items.sort(this._computeSort(val, ord));
(I commented out everything I tried that failed.)
- Notice the console logs verify the control values.
- There is also an inline control value monitor.
- This proves the sorting logic.
<html>
<head>
<title>My Element</title>
<script data-require="polymer@*" data-semver="1.0.0" src="http://www.polymer-project.org/1.0/samples/components/webcomponentsjs/webcomponents-lite.js"></script>
<script data-require="polymer@*" data-semver="1.0.0" src="http://www.polymer-project.org/1.0/samples/components/polymer/polymer.html"></script>
<base href="http://element-party.xyz/" />
<link rel="import" href="all-elements.html" />
</head>
<body>
<dom-module id="my-element">
<template>
<style>
h3 {
margin-bottom: 0px;
}
iron-list {
padding-bottom: 16px;
}
.item {
@apply(--layout-horizontal);
margin: 16px 16px 0 16px;
padding: 20px;
border-radius: 8px;
background-color: white;
border: 1px solid #ddd;
}
</style>
<firebase-collection location="https://dinosaur-facts.firebaseio.com/dinosaurs" data="{{items}}">
</firebase-collection>
<h3>Controls</h3>
<paper-dropdown-menu label="Sort by">
<paper-menu class="dropdown-content" selected="{{sortVal}}" attr-for-selected="data-sortby">
<paper-item data-sortby="order">Order</paper-item>
<paper-item data-sortby="height">Height</paper-item>
</paper-menu>
</paper-dropdown-menu>
<br>
<paper-toggle-button checked="{{reverse}}">Reverse</paper-toggle-button>
<br /><br />
<br><h3>Monitor Control Values</h3>
<div>Sort by: [[sortVal]]</div>
<div>Reverse: [[reverse]]</div>
<br><h3>Iron-List Output</h3>
<iron-list id="list" items="[[items]]" as="item">
<template>
<div class="item">
Name: [[item.__firebaseKey__]]<br />
Order: [[item.order]]<br />
Height: [[item.height]]
</div>
</template>
</iron-list>
</template>
<script>
(function() {
Polymer({
is: "my-element",
properties: {
items: {
type: Array,
},
sortVal: {
type: String,
value: 'order'
},
sortOrder: {
type: Number,
value: -1, // High to low
computed: '_computeSortOrder(reverse)'
}
},
observers: [
'sortChanged(sortVal, sortOrder)'
],
_computeSortOrder: function(bool) {
return bool ? 1 : -1;
},
sortChanged(val, ord) {
// Also tried what is commented out
//this.$.list.items = this.items.sort(this._computeSort(val, ord));
//this.items = this.items.sort(this._computeSort(val, ord));
//this.items.sort(this._computeSort(val, ord));
//this.$.list.items = this.items.sort(this._computeSort(val, ord));
console.log('ord: ' + ord); // All values logged
console.log('val: ' + val); // Logs are correct
console.log('items: ' + this.items); // See console log
},
_computeSort: function(val, ord) {
return function(a, b) {
if (a[val] === b[val]) {
return 0;
}
return (ord * (a[val] > b[val] ? 1 : -1));
};
}
});
})();
</script>
</dom-module>
<my-element></my-element>
</body>
</html>
Per @rob, Polymer Slack Site: (Credit to @arthur for the solution!)
http://jsbin.com/vizexodoyi/1/edit?html,outputOptimizing Performance
For those interested in
Array.prototype.slice.call(this.items)
, you might want to study this SO question and the performance comparison of different solutions here.One apparent performance improvement might be: