Button that shows when last pressed

[coatmaker618]

I’m new to home assistant and am having trouble getting started. I have what feels like a simple (if a bit offbeat) first project:
I want to get a button that logs the history of when this button is pressed and shows the last time the button was pressed.

I saw the below link but I think the code provided is either incomplete or I’m lost trying to follow it (and the solution was NodeRED, but I’m actively trying to learn HA):

Logging a Time When Pressing a Button

I’m not exactly sure where to start on this project, but here’s what I’d like to be able to do: Use a button in lovelace to log the current time and display it in a sensor next to the button. Press that button again and measure the time between button presses and display that interval next to the button and current time depressed sensor. Show an average interval time and a max and min interval time. A reset button to clear everything. Have the current displayed information be persistent. Any…

[arretx (Jon Griffith)]

It’s possible that you could simply tie that button to a script and then use the History component to view when the script was activated. You could also make a template sensor that registers activity when the script is run and use the History component to count the number of times in a specified range that the sensor sensed the script running.

[paddy0174 (Patrick)]

Use button-card. There is already an option built in, that shows the last change (attribute) on a button.

[sparkydave (🇦🇺 Dave)]

GitHub - custom-cards/check-button-card: Check Button Card is a button that...

[coatmaker618]

Thanks for the reply @paddy0174 This seems like it should be straightforward but I’m still confused.

I should I could “Add Card” → “Button” → “Show Code View” and add “show_last_changed: true” but I get an error:

Visual editor is not supported for this configuration:

    Key "show_last_changed" is not expected or not supported by the visual editor.

You can still edit your config in YAML.

Does that mean this ‘feature’ is beyond the scope of the GUI & I need to go open the yaml file on the HASS system?

[paddy0174 (Patrick)]

Are you really using the button-card I linked above? Seems like you’re using the button-card from HA.

The code editor (yaml) is exactly what you need, so you where in the right place. My guess, you’re using the HA button-card.

[coatmaker618]

This is what I get for putting a project to the side >_<

So it looks like “button card” that you linked paddy is no longer being updated? The “check-button-card” linked by Sparky-Dave seems to be in use, so I’m currently using that.

This is what I have so far:

type: custom:button-card
show_last_changed: true
name: test button
label: When this button was last pressed
show_label: true

I see the label & the title, but I don’t see anything about when it was last pressed. Thanks for your patience

If there’s an alternative I should be using I’d be happy to look into that instead!