Template.experienceDialog.rendered = function(){ var self = this; //update all autogrows after they've been filled var pata = this.$("paper-autogrow-textarea"); pata.each(function(index, el){ el.update($(el).children().get(0)); }) //update all input fields as well var input = this.$("paper-input"); input.each(function(index, el){ el.valueChanged(); }) //after the dialog is built, open it if (!this.alreadyRendered){ Session.set("global.ui.detailShow", true); this.alreadyRendered = true; } } Template.experienceDialog.events({ "tap #backButton": function(){ GlobalUI.closeDetail(); }, "tap #deleteExperience": function(){ Experiences.remove(this._id); GlobalUI.closeDetail(); }, //TODO clean up String -> num here so they don't need casting by Schema.clean //TODO validate input (integer, non-negative, etc) for these inputs and give validation errors "change #experienceNameInput, input #experienceNameInput": function(event){ var value = event.currentTarget.value Experiences.update(this._id, {$set: {name: value}}); }, "change #valueInput": function(event){ var value = event.currentTarget.value Experiences.update(this._id, {$set: {value: value}}); }, "change #experienceDescriptionInput": function(event){ var value = event.currentTarget.value Experiences.update(this._id, {$set: {description: value}}); } }); Template.experienceDialog.helpers({ experience: function(){ Experiences.findOne(this.experienceId); return Experiences.findOne(this.experienceId); } });