Anchors: !include anchors.yaml

Littlejoe · August 30, 2023, 11:34pm

Anchors only works in lovelace mode. But if I can add any of these
customize: !include customize.yaml
automation: !include automations.yaml
script: !include scripts.yaml
scene: !include scenes.yaml
group: !include groups.yaml
sensor: !include sensors.yaml
camera: !include cameras.yaml
template: !include template.yaml
why not anchors? I use decluttering card but its not ideal. for things like card_mod styles repeated over and over and over it should be easy to save the code in anchors.yaml and reference it in dashboards in ui or lovleace.

tom_l · August 30, 2023, 11:42pm

Use card mod themes. Then all you have to add to the card is the class you want, e.g.

card_mod:
  class: top-level-card

card_mod:
  class: graph-card

Littlejoe · August 31, 2023, 1:21am

Thank you but I don’t understand. Just like I didn’t understand decluttering-card til I kept reading. Where is more details about this? That’s is great but still feel theres always a hole in the learning curve.

tom_l · August 31, 2023, 1:33am

github.com

thomasloven/lovelace-card-mod/blob/b8c48b925643389fea5b1c0185ad7e0cbbd2bb76/README-themes.md

## Themes

More to come. In the mean time, see [the Wiki](https://github.com/thomasloven/lovelace-card-mod/wiki/Card-mod-Themes).

### card-mod-theme

This is very important!

The theme MUST define a variable `card-mod-theme` which MUST have the same value as the name of the theme.

Eg:

```yaml
my-awesome-theme:
  card-mod-theme: my-awesome-theme

  ... other theme variables go here ...
```

### Theme variables

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Littlejoe · August 31, 2023, 2:18am

I guess if I could wrap my head around it it would help with styles, but still seems overly complicated. The anchors idea to me is perfect. Just like I keep secrets and reference them in config. I have conesnipets that could be full cards or just styling saved, like a clipboard the can’t be referenced in a card or dashboard. For now decluttering-card is working for me.

tom_l · August 31, 2023, 2:22am

Yeah but that is not going to happen. There’s a reason for this:

Something to do with non yaml mode dashboards being stored as json not yaml.

Samedarkclouds · September 16, 2024, 10:59pm

Resurrecting this one to ask you if you know how to make a card use a theme when it’s not set up to. Like the tile maybe, or any others that don’t have it as an option?

Haven’t seen anything about this, but it would solve the whole anchor/decluttering thing pretty completely.