How do I display the state of an entity in an entities list?

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Hi, complete noob here just getting started with HA. I am trying to create a card to show general information about my set up such as the state of my lights and curtains in rows. For example, i want a card that shows if my Living Room light is on or off, instead of a switch to toggle.

I’ve tried using the entities card, and for entities like persons it shows fine but how do i display the state of the entities on the right column instead of a toggle switch? i tried using type:attribute but it shows a ‘-’ instead. Answer is probably super obvious but i’m lost, can some kind soul point me in the right direction?

here’s my code -

type: entities
title: At a Glance
entities:
  - entity: person.me
  - type: attribute
    entity: light.bathroom_bathroom_319
    attribute: brightness
  - type: attribute
    entity: cover.living_living_curtain_341
    attribute: state
show_header_toggle: false
state_color: true

Thanks!

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What you’re asking for isn’t easy. By default, the entities card will try to display each entity as the type that they are. I.e. your switch will appear as a switch.

You have plenty of options to do this, but they all require some extra configuration or custom lovelace cards.

The easiest way, without anything custom, would be to make a template binary sensor.

template:
- binary_sensor:
  - name: Living Room Curtain State
    state: >
      {{ is_state('cover.living_living_curtain_341', 'open') }}
    device_class: opening

then display that in your entities card

type: entities
title: At a Glance
entities:
  - entity: person.me
  - type: attribute
    entity: light.bathroom_bathroom_319
    attribute: brightness
  - entity: binary_sensor.living_room_curtain_state
show_header_toggle: false
state_color: true
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Hi Petro, thanks for the prompt reply.

Ah ok… I thought it would be doable since the Glance cards actually show exactly what i want. Is it then possible to show Glance cards in a vertical format?

thanks again!