New Twiddle

components.my-component.js

import Ember from 'ember';

export default Ember.Component.extend({
  didInsertElement() {
    Ember.$(document).on('click.' + this.get('elementId'), Em.run.bind(this, () => {
      this.get('close')(); 
      console.error('I CLOSED MYSELF!');
    }));
  },
  willDestroyElement() {
    Ember.$(document).off('click.' + this.get('elementId'));
  }
});

controllers.application.js

import Ember from 'ember';

export default Ember.Controller.extend({
  appName: 'Ember Twiddle',
  open: false,
  actions: {
   open() {
     this.set('open', true);
   },
    close() {
      this.set('open', false);
    }
  }
});

templates.application.hbs

<h1>Opened? [{{open}}]</h1>

 <a href="" {{action "open"}}>
  Open the component with the click listener
 </a>

{{#if open}}
  {{my-component close=(action 'close')}}
{{/if}}

templates.components.my-component.hbs

THIS IS MY COMPONENT!

twiddle.json

{
  "version": "0.13.0",
  "EmberENV": {
    "FEATURES": {}
  },
  "options": {
    "use_pods": false,
    "enable-testing": false
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "jquery": "https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.3/jquery.js",
    "ember": "2.16.2",
    "ember-template-compiler": "2.16.2",
    "ember-testing": "2.16.2"
  },
  "addons": {
    "ember-data": "2.16.3"
  }
}