Address native properties issue on older browsers

README.md

@@ -275,3 +275,8 @@ Chrome, Safari, Opera, Firefox, Edge. In addition, Internet Explorer 11 is also
 
 ## Known Issues
 
+* On very old versions of Safari (<=9) or Chrome (<=41), properties created for native
+platform properties like (`id` or `name`) may not have default values set in the element constructor.
+On these browsers native properties appear on instances and therefore their default value
+will overwrite any element default (e.g. if the element sets this.id = 'id' in the constructor,
+the 'id' will become '' since this is the native platform default).

package.json

@@ -23,23 +23,23 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/chai": "^4.0.1",
     "@types/mocha": "^5.2.4",
-    "@webcomponents/webcomponentsjs": "^2.1.0",
+    "@webcomponents/webcomponentsjs": "^2.1.1",
     "chai": "^4.0.2",
     "mocha": "^5.0.5",
     "rollup": "^0.64.1",
     "rollup-plugin-filesize": "^4.0.1",
-    "rollup-plugin-node-resolve": "^3.3.0",
+    "rollup-plugin-node-resolve": "^3.4.0",
     "rollup-plugin-terser": "^1.0.1",
     "tslint": "^5.7.0",
     "typedoc": "^0.8.0",
-    "typescript": "^3.0.1",
+    "typescript": "^3.0.3",
     "uglify-es": "^3.3.9",
     "wct-browser-legacy": "^1.0.1",
     "web-component-tester": "^6.8.0"
   },
   "typings": "lit-element.d.ts",
   "dependencies": {
-    "lit-html": "^0.11.0"
+    "lit-html": "^0.11.2"
   },
   "publishConfig": {
     "access": "public"

src/lib/updating-element.ts

@@ -325,7 +325,12 @@ export abstract class UpdatingElement extends HTMLElement {
    * Fixes any properties set on the instance before upgrade time.
    * Otherwise these would shadow the accessor and break these properties.
    * The properties are stored in a Map which is played back after the constructor
-   * runs.
+   * runs. Note, on very old versions of Safari (<=9) or Chrome (<=41), properties
+   * created for native platform properties like (`id` or `name`) may not have default
+   * values set in the element constructor. On these browsers native properties
+   * appear on instances and therefore their default value will overwrite any element
+   * default (e.g. if the element sets this.id = 'id' in the constructor, the 'id'
+   * will become '' since this is the native platform default).
    */
   private _saveInstanceProperties() {
     for (const [p] of (this.constructor as typeof UpdatingElement)._classProperties) {

src/test/lit-element_test.ts

@@ -1200,6 +1200,8 @@ suite('LitElement', () => {
     assert.equal(el.getAttribute('zot'), '3');
   });
 
+  // Note, on older browsers (e.g. old Safari/Chrome), native properties
+  // cannot have default values. These will be overwritten by instance values.
   test('can make properties for native accessors', async () => {
     class E extends LitElement {
 
@@ -1212,19 +1214,11 @@ suite('LitElement', () => {
         };
       }
 
-      name: string;
-      foo: string;
+      name: string|undefined;
+      foo = '';
 
       changedProperties: PropertyValues|undefined = undefined;
 
-      constructor() {
-        super();
-        this.id = 'id';
-        this.name = 'name';
-        this.title = 'title';
-        this.foo = 'foo';
-      }
-
       update(changedProperties: PropertyValues) {
         (this as any).zot = (this as any).foo + (this as any).bar;
         super.update(changedProperties);
@@ -1240,12 +1234,11 @@ suite('LitElement', () => {
     const el = new E() as any;
     container.appendChild(el);
     await el.updateComplete;
-    const testMap = new Map();
-    testMap.set('id', undefined);
-    testMap.set('name', undefined);
-    testMap.set('title', undefined);
-    testMap.set('foo', undefined);
-    assert.deepEqual(el.changedProperties, testMap);
+    el.foo = 'foo';
+    el.id = 'id';
+    el.name = 'name';
+    el.title = 'title';
+    await el.updateComplete;
     assert.equal(el.shadowRoot!.textContent, 'id-name-title-foo');
     assert.equal((window as any).id, el);
     el.id = 'id2';