🔹 Auto-entities - Automatically fill cards with entities

[parautenbach (Pieter Rautenbach)]

Great stuff.

[Tjeerd]

I am running into an issue using an exclude in a filter list for an attribute

type: custom:auto-entities
card:
  square: false
  type: grid
  columns: 1
card_param: cards
filter:
  include:
    - domain: binary_sensor
      entity_id: '*_rf_*'
      attributes:
        tamper: 1
      options:
        type: tile
        icon: mdi:antenna
    - domain: binary_sensor
      entity_id: '*_rf_*'
      attributes:
        lowbatt: 1
      options:
        type: tile
        icon: mdi:antenna
  exclude:
    - domain: binary_sensor
      entity_id: '*_rf_*'
      attributes:
        Loopnr: 0
sort:
  method: friendly_name
  reverse: false

The exclude is completely ignored, any idea what i am doing wrong?

[Tjeerd]

Silly me, figured it out, the attribute name is all lower case.

Loopnr: 0 → loopnr: 0

[alexsaas]

Hi Ildar. I hope you can still remember this post from Nov. 2023:

Auto-entities - Automatically fill cards with entities

Hide a state / button part by card-mod. Show as a simple-entity type.

It was about completely hiding/deleting the RUN/CANCEL actions. Not only with " " to adapt the action_name.

I would be very interested in your solution with card_mod. Would you share it with us?
I’ve tried countless code snippets from your card_mod thread, but apparently there is something different inside auto-entities than in the normal entities card.
Thank you in advance.

[dimitri.landerloos]

Post the code that you have that gets you your screenshot.

[alexsaas]

Thank you for your response. It‘s not my Screenshot, it is from this post:

Auto-entities - Automatically fill cards with entities

Hi all! Is there a way to hide the state of the individual entities that appear on the card? Context: I am trying to make a list of all “Alert” scripts that are active, but I don’t want the user to see the “RUN / CANCEL” button that appears next to the scripts on the card. Is there a way to hide it somehow? [image]

But i have the same question:

Card-mod - Add css styles to any lovelace card

Hi there. Maybe someone can tell me how card_mod can completely hide the action button that I named with „on“. There should be nothing there and no action should be performed when I click there. [image] type: custom:auto-entities card: type: entities show_header_toggle: false filter: include: - entity_id: scene.* state: 'on' options: action_name: 'on' secondary_info: last-changed sort: method: friendly_name reverse: false show_empty: false

Here is my code:

type: custom:auto-entities
card:
  type: entities
  show_header_toggle: false
filter:
  include:
    - entity_id: scene.*
      state: 'on'
      options:
        action_name: 'on'
        secondary_info: last-changed
sort:
  method: friendly_name
  reverse: false
show_empty: false

With the parameter action_name i manipulate the action button. But i would like to hide the complete action(button).

[Mariusthvdb (Marius)]

that wont help you anyways as scenes are no longer ‘on’ but they have a timestamp as state

you can see that if you add type: simple-entity which takes away the button and shows the state of the scene

[alexsaas]

Please do not concentrate on the filter. I know the on/off problem with scenes. The code is no longer up to date, I have adjusted the include in the meantime. The entities are listed, that’s not my problem.

I also tried simple-entity, but especially in scenes the state is so long (date, time, etc.). Or do you know a way to not display the state with card_mod?

[andrewjswan]

Hi!

After the update to 2024.7, the custom:auto-entity card, when there are no elements and it should be hidden, leaves an empty space, here is an example of 3 cards (empty) in a vertical stack, is there any way to fix this?

[dimitri.landerloos]

here you go:

type: custom:auto-entities
card:
  type: entities
  show_header_toggle: false
  card_mod:
    style:
      hui-scene-entity-row$: |
        mwc-button {
          display: none;
        }
filter:
  include:
    - entity_id: scene.*
      options:
        action_name: 'on'
        secondary_info: last-changed
sort:
  method: friendly_name
  reverse: false
show_empty: false

[alexsaas]

Yeah! That’s it! Thank you so much. Finally. You’re the best.

[Mariusthvdb (Marius)]

You could have found that yourself if you followed the guidelines and examples in the main post in card-mod thread

We’re here to help, but that is not always the same as providing final solutions……

And maybe you should use another card all together as this does look a bit silly now. Why would you list scenes if not to enact them?

[Mariusthvdb (Marius)]

Any chance you post a minimal card config so we can see what you do?

[alexsaas]

@Mariusthvdb

You could have found that yourself if you followed the guidelines and examples in the main post in card-mod thread

Oh believe me, I tried. As you can see from my first question in the card-mod thread, which was over 2 months ago. I’m someone who is just searching and trying to help myself. But I just couldn’t find it. And exactly the hint with

hui-scene-entity-row$: |

i couldn’t find it there. And I am very grateful to Dimitri for helping me. I don’t understand what’s bothering you now? What did I do wrong?

@Mariusthvdb

And maybe you should use another card all together as this does look a bit silly now. Why would you list scenes if not to enact them?

For me, the result on my dashboard doesn’t look silly. The names of my scenes are much longer than in Dimitri’s example, the action buttons etc. even have these names cut off. Now it looks good. BTW: I use this card to see which scenes are currently active.

But again, so that I can do better: what did I do wrong with my question that bothered you so much?

[Mariusthvdb (Marius)]

@alexsaas

hat did I do wrong with my question that bothered you so much?

please dont get me wrong, I am not bothered the slightest, and you did nothing wrong.

I believe you could have given it a bit more effort trying to find that correct path in the dom, in stead of simply trying

@alexsaas

countless code snippets from your card_mod thread

because that illustrates you didnt start at the root of the challenge: try to find the correct dom path (which I am aware can be frustrating sometimes, I had that same experience the other day on a silly button myself)

Dimitri has solved your problem now, but will you be able to do it yourself next time?

Also, more importantly, I just dont think you will get what you want:

@alexsaas

I use this card to see which scenes are currently active.

you’ll get a list of names, and secondary info of the timestamp. Not a list of currently active scenes.

So, in al honesty, I hope you come back here, and with aid of this fine community get a better approach to reach your goal

[alexsaas]

Okay, then I’m glad that everything is good between us. I don’t know if I could get there on my own in the future, I’m still at the beginning with HA. And sometimes, as a beginner, you need support in the right direction.

@Mariusthvdb

Not a list of currently active scenes.

But one more thing: Yes, it is exactly what is shown. A list of all active scenes. I use python_script.set_state in automation to set a custom attribute to the scenes when they are active or not active. The conditions are numeric_state of the attributes of the corresponding entities. And trigger the activation of the scene or attribute changes of the corresponding entities.

But none of that belongs in this thread anymore. So see you soon and all the best.

[Ildar_Gabdullin]

@andrewjswan

here is an example of 3 cards (empty) in a vertical stack

Guess this is how it worked even a year ago.
About a week ago I demonstrated another person on GitHub same behavior on 2023.x setup.

[andrewjswan]

@Ildar_Gabdullin

Guess this is how it worked even a year ago.

It’s strange, before the update to 2024.7 there was no such problem, or it was almost unnoticeable, the indent was a couple of extra pixels, but now the indent is at least 15 pixels…

[andrewjswan]

@Mariusthvdb

Any chance you post a minimal card config so we can see what you do?

Sure:

type: vertical-stack
cards:
  - type: custom:button-card
    ....

  - type: custom:auto-entities
    show_empty: false
    card:
      type: entities
    filter:
      include:
        - domain: sunn
  - type: custom:auto-entities
    show_empty: false
    card:
      type: entities
    filter:
      include:
        - domain: sunn
  - type: custom:auto-entities
    show_empty: false
    card:
      type: entities
    filter:
      include:
        - domain: sunn
  - type: custom:auto-entities
    show_empty: false
    card:
      type: entities
    filter:
      include:
        - domain: sunn

  - type: custom:mini-graph-card
    ....

[Mariusthvdb (Marius)]

I did say ‘minimal’ with a purpose…
you cant expect the community to test your config to the minimal state it show the issue you experience.

please strip everything from that config to the bare minimum still showing your problem in the Dashboard

also, tell us what view you are using.
if it is the Sections view, it might very well be that causing more space than you expect. It’s still experimental and has several flukes we hope will get ironed out