Part 1 / Events / Component events

Components can also dispatch events. To do so, they must create an event dispatcher. Update Inner.svelte:

<script>
	import { createEventDispatcher } from 'svelte';

	const dispatch = createEventDispatcher();

	function sayHello() {
		dispatch('message', {
			text: 'Hello!'
		});
	}
</script>

createEventDispatcher must be called when the component is first instantiated — you can't do it later inside e.g. a setTimeout callback. This links dispatch to the component instance.

Then, add an on:message handler in App.svelte:

<Inner on:message={handleMessage} />

You can also try changing the event name to something else. For instance, change dispatch('message') to dispatch('greet') in Inner.svelte and change the attribute name from on:message to on:greet in App.svelte.