Input Action

controllers.application.js

import Ember from 'ember';

export default Ember.Controller.extend({
  appName: 'Input Action',
  actions: {
    updateFirstName(){
      let firstName = this.get('firstName') || '';
      console.log('firstName ', firstName);
    }
  }
});

templates.application.hbs

<h1>Welcome to {{appName}}</h1>
<br>
<br>
{{outlet}}
<br>
<br>
{{input value=firstName key-press="updateFirstName"}}

twiddle.json

{
  "version": "0.10.1",
  "EmberENV": {
    "FEATURES": {}
  },
  "options": {
    "use_pods": false,
    "enable-testing": false
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "jquery": "https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.3/jquery.js",
    "ember": "2.6.0",
    "ember-data": "2.6.1",
    "ember-template-compiler": "2.6.0"
  },
  "addons": {}
}