Take a look at this Plunker demo (created by @nazerke) illustrating how one component can observe another's property.
http://example.com/plunker-demo
index.html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<script src="http://www.polymer-project.org/1.0/samples/components/webcomponentsjs/webcomponents-lite.min.js"></script>
<link rel="import" href="parent-element.html">
<link rel="import" href="first-child.html">
<link rel="import" href="second-child.html"> </head>
<body>
<parent-element></parent-element>
</body>
</html>
parent-element.html
<link rel="import" href="http://www.polymer-project.org/1.0/samples/components/polymer/polymer.html">
<dom-module id="parent-element">
<template>
<first-child prop={{value}}></first-child>
<second-child feat1={{prop}}></second-child> In parent-element
<h1>{{value}}</h1> </template>
<script>
Polymer({
is: "parent-element",
properties: {
value: {
type: String
}
},
valueChanged: function() {
console.log("value changed");
}
});
</script>
</dom-module>
first-child.html
<link rel="import" href="http://www.polymer-project.org/1.0/samples/components/polymer/polymer.html">
<dom-module id="first-child">
<template>
<p>First child element.</p>
<h2>{{prop}}</h2> </template>
<script>
Polymer({
is: "first-child",
properties: {
prop: {
type: String,
notify: true
}
},
ready: function() {
this.prop = "property";
}
});
</script>
</dom-module>
second-child.html
<link rel="import" href="http://www.polymer-project.org/1.0/samples/components/polymer/polymer.html">
<dom-module id="second-child">
<template>
<p>Second child element.</p>
<h2>{{feat1}}</h2> </template>
<script>
Polymer({
is: "second-child",
properties: {
feat1: {
type: String,
notify: true,
value: "initial value"
}
},
ready: function() {
this.addEventListener("feat1-changed", this.myAct);
},
myAct: function() {
console.log("feat1-changed ", this.feat1);
}
});
</script>
</dom-module>