Simple Select

components.my-component.js

import Ember from 'ember';

export default Ember.Component.extend({
  selectedOption: null,
  actions: {
  	setSelection: function(selected) {
      this.set('selectedOption', selected)
      console.log(this.get('selectedOption'))
    },
    submit: function(){
    	// save or sendAction
      console.log(this.get('selectedOption'))
    }
  }
});

controllers.application.js

import Ember from 'ember';

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

templates.application.hbs

<h1>Simple Select Component in Ember</h1>
<br>
My simplification of a blog post by <a href="https://balinterdi.com/2015/08/29/how-to-do-a-select-dropdown-in-ember-20.html">Balint Erdi</a>
<br />
<br />
<br>
{{outlet}}
{{my-component}}
<br>
<br>

templates.components.my-component.hbs

<select onchange={{action "setSelection" value="target.value"}}>
	<option disabled selected> -- Cats or Dogs? -- </option>
    <option value="cats">Cats</option>
    <option value="dogs">Dogs</option>
</select>

<button {{action 'submit'}}>Submit</button>

twiddle.json

{
  "version": "0.10.6",
  "EmberENV": {
    "FEATURES": {}
  },
  "options": {
    "use_pods": false,
    "enable-testing": false
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "jquery": "https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.3/jquery.js",
    "ember": "2.9.0",
    "ember-data": "2.9.0",
    "ember-template-compiler": "2.9.0",
    "ember-testing": "2.9.0"
  },
  "addons": {}
}