Auto-entities - Any easy adding multiple columns & sorting options?

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Hi,

I have been playing around with the auto-entities & love it. It is a huge help in keeping things current when I make changes to devices.

I use a combo of Lutron, Kasa, and Insteon lights - this is a huge help.

I am having trouble making it display as two or three columns vs the current 1 column which is fairly long to scroll through (looks like 85 devices or so).

This does work but isnt very pretty. I found that some lights in my system are “lights” others are “switch” - unfortunately a ton of things are also switches so I have been just adding “exclude” items to get rid of what i dont want.

The end result is functional but would be easier to scroll through if it wasnt so long.

How do i add columns to this? Also any suggestions for making it more efficient would be amazing too!

In terms of sorting - i am totally lost.

Thank you - JD

type: custom:auto-entities
card:
  type: entities
filter:
  include:
    - entity_id: light.*
      options:
        entities:
          - this.entity_id
        tap_action:
          action: call-service
          service: homeassistant.turn_off
          service_data:
            entity_id: this.entity_id
    - entity_id: '*switch.scene*'
      options:
        entities:
          - this.entity_id
        tap_action:
          action: call-service
          service: homeassistant.turn_off
          service_data:
            entity_id: this.entity_id
    - entity_id: '*switch.*'
    - integration: '*Universal Devices ISY/IoX*'
      options:
        entities:
          - this.entity_id
        tap_action:
          action: call-service
          service: homeassistant.turn_off
          service_data:
            entity_id: this.entity_id
    - entity_id: '*switch.*'
    - integration: '*lutron*'
      options:
        entities:
          - this.entity_id
        tap_action:
          action: call-service
          service: homeassistant.turn_off
          service_data:
            entity_id: this.entity_id
  exclude:
    - name: '*Verizon*'
    - name: '*Optimum*'
    - entity_id: '*switch.joshua_tv_xbox*'
    - name: '*Truenas*'
    - name: '*volt*'
    - name: '*hs103*'
    - name: '*Override*'
    - name: '*Enabled*'
    - name: '*Ramp*'
    - name: '*Beep*'
    - name: '*Query*'
    - name: '*Sensor*'
    - name: '*Backlight*'
    - name: '*On Level*'
    - entity_id: '*binary*'
    - entity_id: '*sensor*'
    - entity_id: '*autofocus*'
    - entity_id: '*ir_lamp*'
    - entity_id: '*wiper*'
    - entity_id: '*Profile*'
    - entity_id: '*disturb*'
    - entity_id: '*shuffle*'
    - entity_id: '*repeat*'
    - entity_id: '*crossfade*'
    - entity_id: '*subwoofer*'
    - entity_id: '*loudness*'
    - entity_id: '*music_full_volume*'
    - entity_id: '*motion*'
    - entity_id: '*panel_sound*'
    - entity_id: '*oscillating*'
    - entity_id: '*adaptive_brightness*'
    - entity_id: '*zone*'
    - entity_id: '*driveway*program*'
    - entity_id: '*night_sound*'
    - entity_id: '*speech_enhancement*'
    - entity_id: '*smart*led*'
    - entity_id: '*urround_enabled*'
    - entity_id: '*bivm22new*'
    - entity_id: '*lg_webos*mute*'
    - entity_id: '*s7_max*'
    - entity_id: '*follow_me*'
    - entity_id: '*freezing_point*'
    - entity_id: '*_cam*'
    - entity_id: '*ain_delay*'
    - entity_id: '*room_led*'
    - entity_id: '*light_led*'
    - entity_id: '*xdrive*climate*'
    - entity_id: '*officetest11*'
    - entity_id: '*yze_notifications*'
title: Opt3
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Hi JeepDog,

The only thing that comes to mind:
Use a grid-card with 2 or 3 columns and split your entities in a way so you can use excludes to make them appear in the right column.
So multiple columns, each with an auto-entities card that grabs a specific set of entities.

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