check, Ive tested it too, this works just the same as before:
- type: custom:auto-entities
card:
type: entities
title: Test Icon color Buttons
filter:
include:
- entity_id: sensor.*_actueel
options:
type: custom:button-card
template: template__support_custom_ui
so not an issue with double underscore.
- type: custom:button-card
template: support_custom_ui
entity: sensor.netwerk_library_actueel
how odd…
how did you set a customization on the entity?
I wrote it earlier:
homeassistant:
customize_glob:
sensor.battery_*:
templates:
icon_color: >
if (state == 'unavailable') return 'brown';
if (state == 'unknown') return 'brown';
if (state <= Number(entities['input_number.battery_level_critical'].state)) return 'red';
if (state <= Number(entities['input_number.battery_level_warning'].state)) return 'rgb(250,218,67)';
return 'green';
hide_attributes:
- templates
- icon_color
hmm, it might stumble on the global entity reference (using ‘entities’ ) then. for the sake of testing could you replace those 2 input_numbers with actual numbers please
sensor.battery_*:
templates:
icon_color: >
if (['unavailable', 'unknown'].includes(state)) return 'brown';
if (state < 50) return 'orange';
if (state < 10) return 'red';
return 'green';
if this helps, (and it is in fact the global entity reference) we need to ask Romrider to review the template and see if the global referencing can be mitigated
Also, after adding this:
hide_attributes:
- templates
- icon_color
I noticed a strange difference:
Go to Settings → Entities, select some "sensor.battery_*" entity:
Go to some Lovelace dashboard, tap on some icon for the same entity:
yes, that is expected, and on my wish list. It is caused by the new attributes box in 2021.6 and the new filters for that.
the hide attributes done on the event click of the dropdown.
Leaving no attribute to display, hence the empty box. Bram has implemented an attribute filter for the more-info, (many of the attributes are now filtered, see: frontend/hass-attributes-util.ts at 7bc27082595f943d15ca35ae948c766184a93eed · home-assistant/frontend · GitHub
and frontend/ha-attributes.ts at 2d5ae78521c4e3f8a8af410aef347b2eebe4d032 · home-assistant/frontend · GitHub )
I am trying too find a way to have the hide_attributes attributes be included in that list, so an empty box will be a thing of the past…
Now it works:
"entities" ?great. It apparently chokes on the
if (state <= Number(entities['input_number.battery_level_critical'].state)) return 'red';
line. in JS that is a global variable, opposed to the state which is local (to the template).
I’ll tag @romrider here to please have him check if anything can be done? Hey Rom, if you have a moment, could you please have a look at the support_custom_ui code you wrote for me earlier? Would be great if you could make it support the global entities[].state too?
thanks if you would
here’s what you wrote earlier:
# https://github.com/custom-cards/button-card/issues/419
support_custom_ui:
## icon: |
## [[[
## if (entity && entity.attributes && entity.attributes.templates) {
## const tpl = entity.attributes.templates;
## if (tpl.icon) {
## return new Function('state', `'use strict'; ${tpl.icon}`).call(this, entity.state);
## }
## }
## return null;
## ]]]
styles:
icon:
- color: |
[[[ if (entity && entity.attributes && entity.attributes.templates) {
const tpl = entity.attributes.templates;
if (tpl.icon_color) {
return new Function('state', `'use strict'; ${tpl.icon_color}`).call(this, entity.state);
}
}
return null; ]]]
And regarding the hide_attribute feature - if I add some attribute to my "sensor.battery_*" template sensor - will it help?
I mean will it work:
"sensor.battery_*" entity: colored icon + no custom_UI things are displayed."sensor.battery_*" entity: same as above.Must confess I am not entirely sure I understand what you are asking now 
if you ask whether adding an extra attribute will show the box with that attribute, the answer is yes. eg I have tested:
homeassistant:
##########################################################################################
# Domain
##########################################################################################
customize_domain:
binary_sensor:
templates:
<<: *state_color
<<: &last_updated
last_updated: return entity.last_updated;
to have it show an attribute last updated on all entities thus preventing an empty box.
Added last_updated, got same flickering:
homeassistant:
customize_glob:
sensor.battery_*:
templates:
### if (['unavailable', 'unknown'].includes(state)) return 'brown'; ###Короткий вариант (Мариус)
# icon_color: >
# if (state == 'unavailable') return 'brown';
# if (state == 'unknown') return 'brown';
# if (state <= Number(entities['input_number.battery_level_critical'].state)) return 'red';
# if (state <= Number(entities['input_number.battery_level_warning'].state)) return 'rgb(250,218,67)';
# return 'green';
icon_color: >
if (['unavailable', 'unknown'].includes(state)) return 'brown';
if (state < 50) return 'orange';
if (state < 10) return 'red';
return 'green';
last_updated: return entity.last_updated;
hide_attributes:
- templates
- icon_color
#### - all
Is it normal?
Well, at least now I see SAME behaviour in Settings->Entities & Lovelace->dashboard.
Before adding the attribute, the behaviour was different.
as explained: yes, unfortunately. The box is only calculated upon clicking the dropdown box.
Until I can get some better logic to include the hide_attributes into the filter I linked to, this cant be helped.
again, I am not sure what you mean. the vertical size of the temporary dropdown?
Settings → Entities: icon’s color is NOT customized, the “template” data is displayed.
versus
Lovelace dashboard: icon IS customized, but the “template” data are flickering
if I go to Settings, entities, select a battery entity and then click the slider icon top right, I see the icon, customized and the customized dropdown.
However, I am using YAML mode, so clicking an entity in the entities list on most items gives me the warning I can manage them in the UI.
I guess the answer is NO, I don’t see a difference…
In my case there is a difference:
homeassistant:
customize_glob:
sensor.battery_*:
templates:
icon_color: >
if (['unavailable', 'unknown'].includes(state)) return 'brown';
if (state <= Number(entities['input_number.battery_level_critical'].state)) return 'red';
if (state <= Number(entities['input_number.battery_level_warning'].state)) return 'rgb(250,218,67)';
return 'green';
last_updated: return entity.last_updated;
hide_attributes:
- templates
- icon_color
homeassistant:
customize_glob:
sensor.battery_*:
templates:
icon_color: >
if (['unavailable', 'unknown'].includes(state)) return 'brown';
if (state <= Number(entities['input_number.battery_level_critical'].state)) return 'red';
if (state <= Number(entities['input_number.battery_level_warning'].state)) return 'rgb(250,218,67)';
return 'green';
hide_attributes:
- templates
- icon_color
So, only adding "last_updated: return entity.last_updated;" removes the differences.
OK, could it be a cashing issues? I cleared the browser’s cashe, restarted HA & tried to reproduce the same condition - now I do NOT see these differences.
ah yes, the wonderful cache issues…
what you can do too, is only hide the templates, and not the icon_color. I always like to have it in the more-info anyways
OK, so now we have 2 issues to solve:
"entities" inside button-card (waiting for RomRider).May I ask you about one more thing?
You proposed to add a "last_updated" attribute above.
Does it mean that ANY attribute may be added to a set of entities?
Particularly, lets consider this example:
I have a set of "binary_sensor.battery_charging_life360_*" entities keeping a battery’s state (charging or not).
Examples of names:
Each sensor has an attribute "location" (equal to the associated Life360 device_tracker's state):
battery_charging_life360_mama:
value_template: ......
device_class: battery_charging
attribute_templates:
location: "{% set SOURCE_DEVICE = 'mama' -%}
{%- set SOURCE_SENSOR_FULL = 'device_tracker.life360_' + SOURCE_DEVICE -%}
{%- set LOCATION = states(SOURCE_SENSOR_FULL) -%}
{%- if LOCATION == 'home' -%}
{{ 'Home' }}
{%- elif LOCATION == 'not_home' -%}
{{ 'Away' }}
{%- else -%}
{{ LOCATION }}
{%- endif %}"
Currently I have to repeat the same code for the attribute for each sensor.
Is it possible to specify smth like this:
homeassistant:
customize_glob:
binary_sensor.battery_charging_life360_*:
templates:
location: "{% set SOURCE_DEVICE = SOMETHING EXTRACTED FROM THE ENTITY'S NAME -%}
{%- set SOURCE_SENSOR_FULL = 'device_tracker.life360_' + SOURCE_DEVICE -%}
{%- set LOCATION = states(SOURCE_SENSOR_FULL) -%}
{%- if LOCATION == 'home' -%}
{{ 'Home' }}
{%- elif LOCATION == 'not_home' -%}
{{ 'Away' }}
{%- else -%}
{{ LOCATION }}
{%- endif %}"