catching window events in polymer (popstate)

[Colin Cannon]

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.

[Colin Cannon]

Wow, just a minor mistake on my part.  I was able to put the listener in the 'ready' block and it worked fine.