When creating automations, I find that it is very easy to lose track of where you are. This is due to a variety of factors, but I believe there are two glaring issues that reduce visibility the most:
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When certain services are to be used, such as light.turn_on, there are a myriad of options that come along with it. In a vast majority of my config sessions, I’ll end up using one or two light options out of 10+. This causes a lot of scrolling to reorient myself in order to ensure I am in the desired scope.
I propose that there be a way to select the options I wish to use, or at least to collapse/hide and unhide the options list. This would be applicable for any services which have more than 2 options. -
To assist with staying within the desired scope while configuring the automation, it would also be great if the name string “floats” with the scrolling of the page until its automation pieces are out of scope. Building off my previous example, when I am creating actions for the different buttons on an Inovelli automation, I often have to scroll back up to ensure the button scope I am currently creating actions for. This wastes a ton of time and becomes quite unwieldy with larger automations.
The difficulty in staying oriented with the GUI automation builder is one of the reasons I use Node-Red, but I really like the built-in automation debugger and have been trying to deprecate Node-Red because of it. Unfortunately I have ran into this visibility issue time and time again with these switches, which have 13 different scene buttons. I am far from a GUI guy, but the builder needs a revamp. (please excuse any perceived lack of hubris)