 <p>You can use the view's <code>controller</code> <a href="http://emberjs.com/api/classes/Ember.View.html#property_controller" rel="nofollow">property</a> to access the controller. Using this property, you can access it in the <code>didInsertElement</code> handler like this.</p> <pre><code>var controller = this.get('controller'); </code></pre>