AuthAo.loginController = SC.Controller.create({ setFieldsWithBrowserDefault: function() { this.set('username', $('#login-name').val()); this.set('password', $('#login-passwd').val()); } }); MyApp.LOGGED_OUT = SC.State.extend ({ didCompleteCredentialCheck: function(response) { var resp_body = response.get('body'); var lc = AuthAo.loginController; if (SC.ok(response)) { /* Login OK, do some stuff here */ } else { lc.setFieldsWithBrowserDefault(); var loginPane = MyApp.getPath('loginPane'); loginPane.append(); loginPane.focus(); } }, })