custom link-to

components.my-link-to.js

import Ember from 'ember';

export default Ember.LinkComponent.extend({
  init: function() {
    this._super(...arguments);
    Ember.Logger.log('Event is ' + this.get('eventName'));
  },

  didReceiveAttrs: function() {
    this.attrs.params = this.get('params');
    this.attrs.hasBlock = true;
  },
  
  click() {
    alert('AHH!');
    this._super();
  }
}).reopenClass({
  positionalParams: 'params'
});

controllers.application.js

import Ember from 'ember';

export default Ember.Controller.extend({
  appName: 'Ember Twiddle'
});

router.js

import Ember from 'ember';
import config from './config/environment';

const Router = Ember.Router.extend({
  location: 'none',
  rootURL: config.rootURL
});

Router.map(function() {
  this.route('my-route');
});

export default Router;

routes.my-route.js

import Ember from 'ember';

export default Ember.Route.extend({
});

templates.application.hbs

<h1>Welcome to {{appName}}</h1>
<br>
{{#link-to 'my-route'}}Go to route{{/link-to}}
{{#my-link-to 'my-route'}}Go to route fancy{{/my-link-to}}
<br>
{{outlet}}
<br>
<br>

templates.components.my-link-to.hbs

{{yield}}

templates.my-route.hbs

routed!

twiddle.json

{
  "version": "0.10.4",
  "EmberENV": {
    "FEATURES": {}
  },
  "options": {
    "use_pods": false,
    "enable-testing": false
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "jquery": "https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.3/jquery.js",
    "ember": "1.13.13",
    "ember-data": "1.13.15",
    "ember-template-compiler": "1.13.13"
  },
  "addons": {}
}