Light Switch Style

Configuration
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Good afternoon,

my name is Tim.
I`ve moved recently from OpenHAB to Home Assistant and I love it.
Just git one question, how do i get the “slider light switches”.
My light switches are just big buttons, even when i make a light group.
How do I make a group where i can see my indivial lights and have a switch for alle together

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This is how my light group looks like.

But I want it to look like this.

https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/6833237/36416339-13eb8764-1629-11e8-9283-761c2025ac03.png

(Picture from google)

regards Tim

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Just add a new card to your interface (3dots-menu -> customize -> tap “+”) and add an entities card (“Elemente” in German)
You get a list where you can search for individual entities.

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This is an entities card.

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unfortunately it dosen´t make a difference if I add it as card or entity.
I get every time the same Icon without the individual sliders.

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When you add an entities card you need to list your lights, like
light.foyerlight2. You will end up with the display you seek.

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But I´ve grouped all lights in the config.yaml and then I get a new card as light group?

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Hi ironman0139,

What nickrout is trying to say, is that your entity should be a ‘light’ category, and it seems like yours is a ‘switch’ If it is part of the ‘light’ group, then are you sure it has the capability to dim? If it cannot dim, then it will just be a button.

On another note, do you have HACS installed? It’s a ‘store’ so to speak, where you can get 3rd party integrations and lovelace cards. There is a lovelace card called ‘Lovelace Slider Entity Row’

I hope that helps get you on the right path!

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Here’s the code:

type: entities
entities:
  - entity: light.desk_light
  - entity: light.dining_room_chandelier
  - entity: light.alley_camera_light
state_color: false

Here’s what it looks like in the UI:

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You should note that the last two lights have a configuration that changes their icon which is why my chandelier looks like a light group and my alley camera light looks like a spot light. Normally, they’d all have light bulb icons.

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But if I put your code in the config.yaml i get this error:
bad indentation of a mapping entry at line 24, column 7:
type: entities
^

my lights are loaded as light.kueche_1 and light.kueche_2

EDIT:
My bad, I got it thanks for the help

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Yes. Sorry about that. Should have given you the whole thing.

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