Help with 'View', please

Configuration
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My “Home” view is getting crowded, so I decided it’s a good time to experiment with views and groups.
Before:

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So, I changed my groups.yaml file, “view: no” to “view:yes”, which gave me a new view.
Here is my new groups.yaml:

#Groups:
  Downstairs:
    view: yes           #"no" = make this group a panel (card), "yes" makes it a separate view.
    control: hidden
    name: Downstairs    #This is the name on the card or view.
    entities:
      - light.living_room
      - input_number.livng_room_brightness
      - switch.hallway_light
      - switch.kitchen_lights

But, the groups are now split by domain:

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so, the question is, how do I get all the entities on one card, as it was on the original Home view?

2

You need to put them in a group and put the group in a view (as explained in the docs)

3

Thanks sjee, I figured out that I needed another group. But there’s a new problem. Here’s my new, new groups.yaml:

#Groups:
  Downstairs:
    view: yes           #"no" = make this group a panel (card), "yes" makes it a separate view.
    control: hidden
    name: Downstairs    #This is the name on the card or tab.
    entities:
      - group.downstairs_lights
#
  downstairs_lights:
    name: Downstairs Lights
    entities:
      - light.living_room
      - input_number.livng_room_brightness
      - switch.hallway_light
      - switch.kitchen_lights

This is a good place to stop for the night…
(Yes, it’s probably explained in the docs, but knowing what to look for is half the challenge. but I am learning.)

But, now the “Downstairs Lights” is on both the “Home” view and the “Downstairs” view. How do I stop it from showing in the “Home” view?

Sig

4

You can define a custom Home view to define what shall be displayed there, e.g.:

  default_view:
    name: Home
    view: yes
    entities:
      - group.lights_group
      - group.climate_group
5

Do I continue with this thread with a related question or start a new one?

I think I’ll continue here…

Thanks, eXtatic, for directing me to the default_view.

I changed the first group in my groups.yaml file from Downstairs: to default_view:

#groups.yaml
#  Downstairs:
  default_view:
    view: yes
    control: hidden
    name: Downstairs
    entities:
      - group.downstairs_lights

Everything seems to be working as planned, except for two cards that show up on every view. How do I control where they appear, if at all?

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6

This should help, look into ignore variable :

or configure Plex and the other devices.

7

Thanks. Adding ignore: did remove the cards.

discovery:
  ignore:
    - plex_mediaserver
    - google_cast

Maybe someday I will decide to add my Plex Server or Chromecast components- just as soon as I can figure out why I even need them on Home Assistant.