Actions Usage

components.select-box.js

import Ember from 'ember';

export default Ember.Component.extend({
  tagName: "select",
  click: function(){
    this.attrs.onItemClick();
  }
});

controllers.application.js

import Ember from 'ember';

export default Ember.Controller.extend({
  appName: 'Ember Twiddle',
  actions: {
   changeHandler: function(){
      this.clickHandler(); // will invoke the method defined in router.
    }
  }
  
});

routes.application.js

import Ember from 'ember';

export default Ember.Route.extend({
  model: function(){
    return {name: "karthika", age: 24};
  },
  setupController: function(){
      this._super(...arguments);
      var base = this;
      Ember.run.scheduleOnce("afterRender", function(){
        // setting the controller method here...
        base.controller.set("clickHandler", base.changeHandler);
      });
  },
  changeHandler: function(){
      console.log("Inside Router Change Handler");
  }
});

templates.application.hbs

<h1>Welcome to {{appName}}</h1>
<br>
<br>
{{outlet}}
<p> Click the Select Box and See the console </p>
{{#select-box onItemClick = (action "changeHandler") }}
{{/select-box}}
<br>
<br>

templates.components.select-box.hbs

<option>One</option>
<option>Two</option>
<option>Three</option>

twiddle.json

{
  "version": "0.12.1",
  "EmberENV": {
    "FEATURES": {}
  },
  "options": {
    "use_pods": false,
    "enable-testing": false
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "jquery": "https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.3/jquery.js",
    "ember": "2.12.0",
    "ember-template-compiler": "2.12.0",
    "ember-testing": "2.12.0"
  },
  "addons": {
    "ember-data": "2.12.1"
  }
}