Angular 2 EventEmitter

Events emitted by EventEmitter don't bubble. If the element is added to a router-outlet only the router-outlet receives the event but not the element containing the router-outlet.

You could use a shared service to communicate between the parent and the child element.

For shared service see

• https://github.com/escardin/angular2-community-faq/blob/master/services.md#how-do-i-communicate-between-components-using-a-shared-service
• Global Events in Angular 2

If you register the shared service in the providers: [] list of the parent component, the service is shared only between the parent element and all of its descendants. If you only add it to bootstrap(MyApp, [ ..., SharedService]) the whole application shares one instance.