and it still triggers every minute 
probably because its either always before sunrise or after sunset
Go re-read my post. Your trigger is wrong. Change your trigger to what I suggested and it will not trigger every minute. It will only trigger at sunrise or sunset. Also there is no need for any conditions for this automation.
I changed it to the following code below this morning but tonight it was still on the day skin.
- alias: Automatic Theme Change
trigger:
- platform: homeassistant
event: start
- platform: sun
event: sunset
- platform: sun
event: sunrise
action:
- service_template: frontend.set_theme
data_template:
name: >
{% if states.sun.sun.state == "above_horizon" %}
default
{% else %}
darkred
{% endif %}Have you double checked caching by going Incognito? I fought this for a while to only find out that the theme was being cached.
This is what I did:
Create a very simple automation that will trigger a theme change at a specific time.
Open my site incognito and watch it change.
Once I found that, I removed all cache specifically for my HASS site and everything works like a charm
ahh good tip thanks
yep clear the cache of the browser first. I didn’t think of it at first, but this might be better and a more robust animation:
- alias: Automatic Theme Change
trigger:
- platform: homeassistant
event: start
- platform: state
entity_id: sun.sun
to: above_horizon
- platform: state
entity_id: sun.sun
to: below_horizon
action:
- service_template: frontend.set_theme
data_template:
name: >
{% if states.sun.sun.state == "above_horizon" %}
default
{% else %}
darkred
{% endif %}
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works perfect!
I’ve posted the wrong automation, The correct one is:
automation:
- alias: Automatic Theme Change
trigger:
- platform: homeassistant
event: start
condition:
condition: or
conditions:
- condition: sun
after: sunset
- condition: sun
before: sunrise
action:
- service_template: frontend.set_theme
data_template:
name: >
{% if states.sun.sun.state == "above_horizon" %}
default
{% else %}
darkred
{% endif %}This will only trigger once and on HA start. There’s still no need for conditions in the automation as the condition can actually be a trigger. what I posted is what they are looking for. They want it to trigger on sunrise and sunset and load the theme accordingly.
Hi @squirtbrnr
using this and adding some feedback. Im struggling a bit though to have it display the set theme in the message with a template, cant find the frontend.theme states anywhere… Obviously i don’t want to hardcode the theme in the message but have it read the last set theme, form the automation. To give it time to do so i have added a 2 sec delay, after which it should be able to find the set theme through a template?
- alias: Automatic Theme Change
id: '1511601478030'
initial_state: 'on'
trigger:
- platform: homeassistant
event: start
- platform: state
entity_id: sun.sun
to: above_horizon
- platform: state
entity_id: sun.sun
to: below_horizon
condition: []
action:
- service_template: frontend.set_theme
data_template:
name: >
{% if states.sun.sun.state == "above_horizon" %}
default
{% else %}
darkred
{% endif %}
- delay: 00:00:02
- service: notify.notify
data_template:
message: 'It is {{ as_timestamp(now()) | timestamp_custom("%X") }} and
Frontend is set to Darkred.'
hope to be able to do something like this:
data_template:
message: 'It is {{ as_timestamp(now()) | timestamp_custom("%X") }},
Sun is {{states.sun.sun.state}} and
Frontend is set to {{states.frontend.theme.friendly_name}}'I don’t think frontend.theme is a component that you can get the state from. I think you’ll have to hardcode it. There are only two services exposed for frontend and those are .set_theme and .reload_themes.
I tried using the template validator on the frontend for things like {{ states.frontend.get_theme }} or {{ states.frontend.theme.friendly_name }} and they either returned an error, nothing, or “None”.
yes i noticed that, seems a bit odd.
enable Frontend in the component section to be able to use it in templating, example:
data_template:
message: 'It is {{ as_timestamp(now()) | timestamp_custom("%X") }},
Sun is {{states.sun.sun.state}} and
Frontend is set to {{states.frontend.theme.friendly_name}}'HI,
since Backend-selected is out of reach in the set theme configuration page on my computer (and iPhone btw) ( it won’t scroll up past default::
i tried to use this input_select:
input_select:
set_current_theme:
name: 'Set Current Theme'
options:
- 'Backend-selected'
- 'default'
- 'teal'
- 'darkorange'
- 'darkred'
- 'darkcyan'
- 'minimal'
- 'vintage'
initial: 'Backend-selected'
icon: 'mdi:palette'
automation:
- id: change_current_theme
alias: 'Change Current Theme'
initial_state: 'on'
trigger:
- platform: state
entity_id: input_select.set_current_theme
action:
- service: frontend.set_theme
data_template:
name: '{{states.input_select.set_current_theme.state}}'
It does work…
Maybe the automation is incorrect?
What is the name of the backend-selected theme to call in this input_select?
please have a look?
Marius
Is there possibility to change theme remotely on e.g. particular unit. E.g. device_tracker.device_ten
not that I am aware off. but you can set a theme for each device.
as far as I know you cant change the data of say your phone or tablet from home assistant remotely. because the selected theme is saved on your phone/tablet and not in home assistant.
My automations…
# /config/automations/
# auto_theme.yaml
- alias: Automaticka zmena Temy
initial_state: 'on'
trigger:
- platform: state
entity_id: sun.sun
action:
- service_template: frontend.set_theme
data_template:
name: >
{% if states.sun.sun.state == "above_horizon" %}
{{ "default" }}
{% else %}
{{ "midnight" }}
{% endif %}
hi all , after Home assistant update 0.113 , my theme automation based on the sun broke. can any help please.
alias: HA Theme based on day and night
trigger:
- event: start
platform: homeassistant - entity_id: sun.sun
platform: state
to: above_horizon - entity_id: sun.sun
platform: state
to: below_horizon
action: - data:
data_template:
name: “{% if states.sun.sun.state == “above_horizon” %}\n Light - Light
\ Red\n{% else %}\n Dark - Light Red\n{% endif %}\n”
service: frontend.set_theme
It’s broken here also, did you find a way to fix it?
what is broken? post your automation in correctly formatted yaml, and we can have a look.
In any case these are the correct sun triggers
Sadly no , HA screwed up the automation, Temporary i just made two Automation one for Day and One night.