angularjs: broadcast from directive to controller

Question

Im trying to send a message from within a directive to its parent controller (without success)

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Answer 1

To get { nr: 10 } you should add 2 arguments to listener: event and data:

$scope.$on('go', function(event, data){ 
  alert(JSON.stringify(data));
});

(keep in mind that we use $on and not on)

Full example in plunker