Bring a custom layout to Sections dashboard
Now card_mod supports Section grid and stack cards, I was thinking if it is possible to bring a custom layout to a Section Dashboard, thus replacing the new for layout-card. Below is my preliminry afternoon’s investigation.
A. Use theme to style card-mod-view. Not mandatory, but makes the main wrapper and container have no padding or margin, so you can style all those with card_mod on the Section you will use on the Dashboard.
Theming for card-mod-view
Here I am using a template to only apply to the view with viewUrlPath of test-layout.
card-mod-view-yaml: |
hui-sections-view $: |
{# card_mod.debug #}
{% set viewUrlPath = panel.viewUrlPath if 'viewUrlPath' in panel else '' %}
{% if viewUrlPath == 'test-layout' %}
.wrapper {
max-width: unset;
padding: 0px;
margin: 0px;
}
.wrapper > .container {
padding: 0px;
margin: 0px;
}
{% endif %}
B. Dashboard YAML. Place a Section, 1 section max wide, edit in Yaml to add the initial code to allow for grid-template-areas etc. My example uses a few areas, with a footer that sticks to the bottom.
Base Section YAML
type: grid
cards: []
card_mod:
style: |
.container {
padding: 0 10px;
height: calc(100vh - 56px);
--base-column-count: 1;
}
@media (min-width: 601px)
{
.container {
grid-template-columns: 2fr 2fr 2fr 2fr 2fr 2fr;
grid-template-rows: min-content min-content 1fr min-content;
grid-template-areas: 'title title title title title title'
'a a b b b b'
'z z z z z z'
'footer footer footer footer footer footer';
}
}
@media (max-width: 600px)
{
.container {
grid-template-columns: 1fr;
grid-template-rows: min-content min-content min-content 1fr min-content;
grid-template-areas: 'title'
'b'
'a'
'z'
'footer';
}
}
div.card:has(.area-title) {
grid-area: title;
}
div.card:has(.area-a) {
grid-area: a;
}
div.card:has(.area-b) {
grid-area: b;
}
div.card:has(.area-footer) {
grid-area: footer;
}
C. Add some container cards or just a single card. Container cards card_mod supports are grid and vertical-stack and horizontal-stack. For the card you add, use card_mod to set a class that matches the div.card:has(.area-X). e.g. in my example I have area-title matching grid-template-area title. Use whatever suits.
Example also shows the footer as a horizontal-stack that switches to vertical on small screen width.
Cards
- type: heading
heading: New section
heading_style: title
card_mod:
class: area-title
- square: false
type: grid
cards:
- type: markdown
content: Grid - A
columns: 1
card_mod:
class: area-a
- type: vertical-stack
cards:
- type: markdown
content: Vertical Stack - B
- type: tile
entity: sensor.backup_backup_manager_state
vertical: false
features_position: bottom
card_mod:
class: area-b
- type: horizontal-stack
cards:
- type: markdown
content: Footer - Horizontal Stack
- type: markdown
content: Footer
- type: markdown
content: Footer
card_mod:
class: area-footer
style: |
@media (max-width: 600px) {
#root {
flex-direction: column;
}
}
Putting it all together
Full Section YAML
The main Section is the only card, with all cards within the Section
type: grid
cards:
- type: heading
heading: New section
heading_style: title
card_mod:
class: area-title
- square: false
type: grid
cards:
- type: markdown
content: Grid - A
columns: 1
card_mod:
class: area-a
- type: vertical-stack
cards:
- type: markdown
content: Vertical Stack - B
- type: tile
entity: sensor.backup_backup_manager_state
vertical: false
features_position: bottom
card_mod:
class: area-b
- type: horizontal-stack
cards:
- type: markdown
content: Footer - Horizontal Stack
- type: markdown
content: Footer
- type: markdown
content: Footer
card_mod:
class: area-footer
style: |
@media (max-width: 600px) {
#root {
flex-direction: column;
}
}
card_mod:
style: |
.container {
padding: 0 10px;
height: calc(100vh - 56px);
--base-column-count: 1;
}
@media (min-width: 601px)
{
.container {
grid-template-columns: 2fr 2fr 2fr 2fr 2fr 2fr;
grid-template-rows: min-content min-content 1fr min-content;
grid-template-areas: 'title title title title title title'
'a a b b b b'
'z z z z z z'
'footer footer footer footer footer footer';
}
}
@media (max-width: 600px)
{
.container {
grid-template-columns: 1fr;
grid-template-rows: min-content min-content min-content 1fr min-content;
grid-template-areas: 'title'
'b'
'a'
'z'
'footer';
}
}
div.card:has(.area-title) {
grid-area: title;
}
div.card:has(.area-a) {
grid-area: a;
}
div.card:has(.area-b) {
grid-area: b;
}
div.card:has(.area-footer) {
grid-area: footer;
}
Full Dashboard view YAML
type: sections
title: Test Layout
path: test-layout
max_columns: 1
sections:
- type: grid
cards:
- type: heading
heading: New section
heading_style: title
card_mod:
class: area-title
- square: false
type: grid
cards:
- type: markdown
content: Grid - A
columns: 1
card_mod:
class: area-a
- type: vertical-stack
cards:
- type: markdown
content: Vertical Stack - B
- type: tile
entity: sensor.backup_backup_manager_state
vertical: false
features_position: bottom
card_mod:
class: area-b
- type: horizontal-stack
cards:
- type: markdown
content: Footer - Horizontal Stack
- type: markdown
content: Footer
- type: markdown
content: Footer
card_mod:
class: area-footer
style: |
@media (max-width: 600px) {
#root {
flex-direction: column;
}
}
card_mod:
style: |
.container {
padding: 0 10px;
height: calc(100vh - 56px);
--base-column-count: 1;
}
@media (min-width: 601px)
{
.container {
grid-template-columns: 2fr 2fr 2fr 2fr 2fr 2fr;
grid-template-rows: min-content min-content 1fr min-content;
grid-template-areas: 'title title title title title title'
'a a b b b b'
'z z z z z z'
'footer footer footer footer footer footer';
}
}
@media (max-width: 600px)
{
.container {
grid-template-columns: 1fr;
grid-template-rows: min-content min-content min-content 1fr min-content;
grid-template-areas: 'title'
'b'
'a'
'z'
'footer';
}
}
div.card:has(.area-title) {
grid-area: title;
}
div.card:has(.area-a) {
grid-area: a;
}
div.card:has(.area-b) {
grid-area: b;
}
div.card:has(.area-footer) {
grid-area: footer;
}
cards: []
This may be starter for what you want in a Section coming from layout_card, be it simply to adjust card order when on small screen etc.
If you have any question on possibilities, I am very happy to discuss further.
