For example:
<polymer-element name="paidtasks-edit-dialog" attributes="opened errorMessage heading">
<template>
<paper-action-dialog id="dialog" heading="{{heading}}">
<content select="#editor"></content>
<div class="error-text">{{errorMessage}}</div>
<paper-button dismissive>cancel</paper-button>
<paper-button id="saveButton" affirmative>Save</paper-button>
</paper-action-dialog>
</template>
</polymer-element>
#editor gets appended to paper-action-dialog so it shows up after .error-text.