Calling parent action example

controllers.application.js

import Ember from 'ember';

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

controllers.foo.index.js

import Ember from 'ember';

export default Ember.Controller.extend({
  parentController: Ember.inject.controller('foo'),
	actions: {
  	callParentDoSomething() {
  		this.get('parentController').send('doSomething');
		}
	},
});

controllers.foo.js

import Ember from 'ember';

export default Ember.Controller.extend({
  actions: {
    doSomething() {
    	console.log('hi'); 
    }
  }
});

router.js

import EmberRouter from '@ember/routing/router';
import config from './config/environment';

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

Router.map(function() {
  this.route('foo', function() {
    this.route('index');
  });
});

export default Router;

templates.application.hbs

<h1>Welcome to {{appName}}</h1>
<br>
<br>
{{outlet}}
<br>
<br>

templates.foo.index.hbs

<button {{action 'callParentDoSomething'}}>Hello</button>

twiddle.json

{
  "version": "0.15.0",
  "EmberENV": {
    "FEATURES": {}
  },
  "options": {
    "use_pods": false,
    "enable-testing": false
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "jquery": "https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.js",
    "ember": "3.2.2",
    "ember-template-compiler": "3.2.2",
    "ember-testing": "3.2.2"
  },
  "addons": {
    "ember-data": "3.2.0"
  }
}