Actions to Controllers Demo

components.component-button.js

import Ember from 'ember';

export default Ember.Component.extend({
  actions: {
    click() {
      this.sendAction('action', 'Component');
    }
  }
});

controllers.application.js

import Ember from 'ember';

export default Ember.Controller.extend({
  appName: 'Ember Twiddle',
  
  actions: {
    buttonClicked(source) {
      alert(`Controller 'buttonClicked' from ${source}`);
      return true; // must literally return true and not a truthy value
    },
    
    clickFromController() {
      this.send('buttonClicked', 'Controller');
    }
  }
});

routes.application.js

import Ember from 'ember';

export default Ember.Route.extend({
  actions: {
    buttonClicked(source) {
      alert(`Route 'buttonClicked' from ${source}`);
    }
  }
});

templates.application.hbs

<button {{action "clickFromController"}}>Controller to Route Action</button>

{{component-button text="Component to Route Action" action="buttonClicked"}}

templates.components.component-button.hbs

<button {{action "click"}}>{{text}}</button>

twiddle.json

{
  "version": "0.11.1",
  "EmberENV": {
    "FEATURES": {}
  },
  "options": {
    "use_pods": false,
    "enable-testing": false
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "jquery": "https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.3/jquery.js",
    "ember": "2.11.0",
    "ember-data": "2.11.0",
    "ember-template-compiler": "2.11.0",
    "ember-testing": "2.11.0"
  },
  "addons": {}
}