EmberJs {{ action }} helper in a view doesn't work - view

Question

I'm trying to add bootstrap modals in my ember app. I'd like to be able to add modals, with a specified template and be able to handle actions. I can't get it works. The modal appears, my controller's properties are bound, but i can't handle actions. I don't understand why. I'd really like to be able to trigger modal from anywhere in my controllers and bind actions on them.
My view looks like this:
App.ModalView = Ember.View.extend({
classNames: ['modal fade'],
attributeBindings: ['role'],
role: 'dialog',
didInsertElement: function() {
this._super();
this.$().modal();
this.$().on('hidden.bs.modal', this.close.bind(this));
},
close: function(event) {
return this.destroy();
}
});
And i instanciate it like this in a random controller:
var modal = controller.container.lookup('view:modal');
modal.reopen({
controller: this,
targetObject: this,
templateName: 'mymodal'
});
return modal.appendTo('body');
My template looks like this:
<div class="modal-dialog">
<div class="modal-content">
<div class="modal-header">
<button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal" aria-hidden="true"></button>
<h4 class="modal-title">My Modal Title</h4>
</div>
<div class="modal-body">
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-12">
My modal content
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="modal-footer">
<button type="button" data-dismiss="modal" class="btn default">Close</button>
<button type="button" class="btn green" {{ action "myaction"}}>My Button with an action</button>
</div>
</div>
</div>
If i try to display some controller properties, it works. But when i click on the button with the "myaction" action nothing happends. Maybe i'm completely wrong about the way to handle modals in my app (i'm pretty new in the Ember's World).
I'm using the last release of ember (1.1.1) and bootstrap 3.
Thanks,
Vinc

Answer 1

I figured it out. In fact, my app was running into a specific dom element (#app). As i was adding the view to the body, my modale was added "outside" my app ! So, the events bubbling chain was broken. Instead of adding my view to the body, i add it to my application root element and now everything works as expected !

Answer 2

There's a good chance that the modal method is disconnecting it from the body, which would break your actions.
See also: Ember.js and Foundation 4 modal window

Answer 3

You shouldn't access view like this
var modal = controller.container.lookup('view:modal');
See Wycats comment here.
Alternatively, This answer may help you in instantiating modals