How to create a button linking to another HA tab (or view)?

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I have searched around the forums here, but not been able to find out how to create a button that links to another view/tab of HA.

I look forward to suggestions!

Thanks,
Tomas

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you can use the weblink component.

https://www.home-assistant.io/components/weblink/

in lovelace you can use the link https://homeassistantdomain.org/lovelace/0

Tabs/views are numbered from left to right.

If you are using the traditional fronted check the URL as you switch tabs. I don’t recall if these are unique or not.

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I use this in a picture elements card to navigate to another tab/view called alarm_map, i.e. the id of that view is alarm_map:

  - type: state-icon
    entity: sensor.ready_to_arm
    tap_action: navigate
    navigation_path: '/lovelace/alarm_map'
    style:
      left: 60%
      top: 5%
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Id’s didn’t work anymore for me since 0.84.
There’s a new path option.

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Thanks, I found it works best with a picture card, e.g. like this:

  - type: horizontal-stack
    cards:
    - type: picture
      image: /local/pic-0.png
      navigation_path: '/lovelace/0'
    - type: picture
      image: /local/pic-1.png
      navigation_path: '/lovelace/1'
    - type: picture
      image: /local/pic-2.png
      navigation_path: '/lovelace/2'
    - type: picture
      image: /local/pic-3.png
      navigation_path: '/lovelace/3'

It would be nice though, to know which other lovelace cards work with navigation_path.

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Those who mention it in the documentation do.

Note that the configuration has changed, so your code won’t work on 0.84.

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Thanks, I will have a look!

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This is strange. After updating to 0.84.2, the picture button links don’t work anymore. Or, they worked briefly after a hassio restart this morning, but now when I connect from work they are not recognized as links anymore. Same on my mobile phone.

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I’ am on 0.84.6
Noting that configuration has changed as you mentioned
Trying to get this to work, but nothing happens
Could you point me in the right direction

- title: Living room
    path: living_room
    cards:  
      - type: picture
        image: /local/graa.png
        tap_action: 
          action: navigation
          navigation_path: /lovelace/main/
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Should be action: navigate

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Thank you…!
I have stared at this for hours…thanks again

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For the ones arriving, looking for an answer (quickest anno 2021)

Use button integration;

type: button
tap_action:
  action: navigate
  navigation_path: /lovelace/meters
icon: 'mdi:cog-transfer'
name: Presets aanpassen

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What does the path look like on another dashboard?

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I’m using the a windows 8 approach so tile references
using area instead of picture type
please not that you need to make area for every tab

type: grid
cards:
  - type: area
    area: garden
    navigation_path: /lovelace-tile/Garden
  - type: area
    navigation_path: /lovelace-tile/Office
    area: office
  - type: area
    navigation_path: /lovelace-tile/Bedroom
    area: bedroom
  - type: area
    navigation_path: /lovelace-tile/Bedroom2
    area: bedroom2
  - type: area
    navigation_path: /lovelace-tile/Kitchen
    area: kitchen
  - type: area
    navigation_path: /lovelace-tile/Livingroom
    area: living_room
  - type: area
    navigation_path: /lovelace-tile/Diningroom
    area: diningroom
  - type: area
    area: meterkast
    navigation_path: /lovelace-tile/Meterkast
  - type: area
    area: attic
    navigation_path: Attic

and every tab has are return tile

type: area
navigation_path: /lovelace-tile/tiles
area: overview
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is there any way that the subview don’t open in a new window each time I click on it ?
On the Android App when clicking on the area (or button in my case) it tries to open a Chrome instance instead of staying in the app and simply change the tab.

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The solution is to use “navigate” and not “url” in the command.

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Just click on the dashboard you want and look at the last part of the URL. It must be something like:

/lovelace-title1/path1
/lovelace-title1/path2
…
/lovelace-title2/path1
/lovelace-title2/path2

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thanks, I had already found it

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Thanks for that one

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Can you share how u did it? I can’t make it work.


  - type: state-icon
    entity: device_tracker.tesla_model_3
    state_color: false
    tap_action: navigate
    navigation_path: /dashboard-tesla/0
    style:
      top: 7%
      right: '-2%'
      '--iron-icon-height': 80px
      '--iron-icon-width': 80px
      '--paper-item-icon-color': white