Hold action: possible to increase volume or brightness constantly?

Configuration Frontend
1

Is there some way to have the hold action of a lovelace button increase the mediaplayer volume or light brightness as long as you hold it?

2

No and yes.

There is no release event in Lovelace, so it is not possible to tell when you have released a control using just the core dashboard elements.

However a work-around using node-red, the custom button card and some input numbers was posted here: Hold action keep firing until I let go? - #7 by pallen

2 Likes
3

Is this functionality so rare that it’s not a standard feature?
I have seen some sort of light switches/home automation systems that are able to do this: tapping for on/off and holding to dim/brighten.

4

You can do this with the custom:button-card.
For example:

hold_action:
  action: call-service
  repeat: 200
  service: input_number.increment
  service_data:
    entity_id: input_number.temp_test
icon: mdi:arrow-up-bold-outline
size: 37%
tap_action:
  action: call-service
  service: input_number.increment
  service_data:
    entity_id: input_number.temp_test
type: custom:button-card
3 Likes
5

Hi @VDRainer, thanks for this tip!

Can you please tell me how to integrate a light into your code?
The input number does change but just adding an entity does not seem to be it.
I have checked the GH page for that card and lots of examples but nothing helps.

6

I’m using this for media_players volume and Temperature settings of thermostats, but found some code that i played with a while ago.
Two automations, one to set the light and one to set the input_number if the light changes.

automation:
  - alias: updown_button_test_get
    trigger:
      platform: state
      entity_id: input_number.button_test
    action:
      service: light.turn_on
      data_template:
        entity_id: light.your_light
        brightness: "{{ trigger.to_state.state | int(0)}}"

  - alias: updown_button_test_set
    trigger:
      platform: state
      entity_id: light.your_light
    action:
      service: input_number.set_value
      data_template:
        entity_id: input_number.button_test
        value: >
          {% if state_attr('light.your_light', 'brightness') %}
            {{ state_attr('light.your_light', 'brightness') }}
          {% else %}
            0
          {% endif %}

You need to adjust the repeat value of the button and the max, min, step values of the input_number depending of your light.

7

Hi @VDRainer, I’m back on this issue, I did not manage to get it working…

This is my custom button:

hold_action:
  action: call-service
  repeat: 200
  service: input_number.increment
  service_data:
    entity_id: input_number.temp_test
icon: mdi:arrow-up-bold-outline
size: 37%
tap_action:
  action: call-service
  service: input_number.increment
  service_data:
    entity_id: input_number.temp_test
type: custom:button-card
entity: light.ll1

Automation

- id: '1653839036292'
  alias: 'Livingroom: Dimmer Light'
  description: ''
  trigger:
  - platform: state
    entity_id:
    - light.ll1
  condition: []
  action:
  - service: input_number.set_value
    data_template:
      entity_id: input_number.temp_test
      value: >
        {% if state_attr('light.ll1', 'brightness') %}
          {{ state_attr('light.ll1', 'brightness') }}
        {% else %}
          0
        {% endif %}
  mode: single