parent bubble

application.controller.js

import Ember from 'ember';

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

application.template.hbs

<h1>Welcome to {{appName}}</h1>
<br>
<br>
{{parent-component}}
<br>
<br>

parent-component.component.js

import Ember from 'ember';

export default Ember.Component.extend({
  actions: {
    onSearch(param, str) {
      alert(param + str);
    }
  }
});

parent-component.template.hbs

{{sub-component onSearch=(action "onSearch" "additionalParam")}}

sub-component.component.js

import Ember from 'ember';

export default Ember.Component.extend({
  actions: {
    onSearch() {
      this.get('onSearch')(`
        Hi from sub-component,
        alert from the parent.
      `);
    }
  }
});

sub-component.template.hbs

<button onclick={{action "onSearch"}}>Click me</button>

twiddle.json

{
  "version": "0.5.0",
  "EmberENV": {
    "FEATURES": {}
  },
  "options": {
    "enable-testing": false
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "jquery": "https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.3/jquery.js",
    "ember": "https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/ember.js/2.2.0/ember.debug.js",
    "ember-data": "https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/ember-data.js/2.2.0/ember-data.js",
    "ember-template-compiler": "https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/ember.js/2.2.0/ember-template-compiler.js"
  }
}