It is possible to spin/blink icons under custom_fields?
How do I turn this beauty 
with this code:
type: custom:button-card
aspect_ratio: 4/1
entity: input_boolean.dusche_automation
show_state: false
icon: mdi:thermometer-plus
name: Bad vorheizen
state:
- value: 'on'
color: teal
- value: 'off'
color: grey
custom_fields:
card:
type: custom:button-card
entity: timer.2h_heizung_bad_timer
show_state: true
show_name: false
size: 30px
margin-right: -30px
into something like this?
The button triggers the helper, which triggers an automation to pre-heat my bathroom. When the button isn’t active, the timer shouldn’t run.
The button & automation logic works, however I am unable to add the timer to work & look nice on the button.
Any help for someone who cannot code at all would be really cool.
Thanks much! I am happy to share my final result.
not sure if you every received a reaction for this - this is one of the best and most consistent designs I have seen so far. Amazing work!
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Not sure why but text keeps getting cut and only half of it shows up in running line. Padding is set to 0 in “Name” and “Card” tabs.
Anyone haveidea how I can extend line so whole text shows up without decreasing font size?
type: custom:button-card
template: header_red
name: |
[[[
return "Today is " + states['sensor.currentweek'].state + ", " + states['sensor.currentmonth'].state + " Bla bla bla";
]]]
styles:
card:
- padding: 0%
name:
- animation: myA 6s linear 0s infinite normal both
- padding: 0%
- font-familly: Raleway
- font-size: 200%
extra_styles: |
@keyframes myA {
0% {
transform: translate(450px, 0px);
}
100% {
transform: translate(-500px, 0px);
}
}
Thank you.
Hi,
I am trying to get a timer added to a lock button as a notification. I had alot of issues getting the timer to show up in realtime. I found a couple of posts to make the timer work - but only with the built-in formatting. I would like to display a timer as seconds only, not the hh:mm:ss format.
Below is the template I have for button cards that have a timer. If I remove the state_display part it display the timer in realtime counting down, but it does not work if I keep it in.
@RomRider : Perhaps you have a solution?
Here is the partial template relevant to the timer (the main template for the rest of the button shouldn’t be needed to help–but lmk).
lock_button_timer:
template: lock_button
variables:
timer: null
styles:
custom_fields:
notification:
- position: absolute
- left: 65%
- top: 10%
custom_fields:
notification:
card:
type: custom:button-card
name: Timer
entity: '[[[ return variables.timer ]]]'
show_name: false
show_icon: false
show_state: true
state_display: >
[[[
if (!variables.timer || states[variables.timer].state == 'idle') return ' ';
let remainString = variables.timer ? states[variables.timer].attributes.remaining : null;
if (!remainString) {
return ' ';
}
let remainAr = remainString.split(':');
return (+remainAr[0]) * 60 * 60 + (+remainAr[1]) * 60 + (+remainAr[2]);
]]]
state:
- value: 'idle'
styles:
card:
- background: none
- border: none
styles:
card:
- font-size: 14px
- background-color: '#FF9800'
- height: 28px
- width: 28px
- border-radius: 50%
- font-size: 14px
- line-height: 26px
state:
- color: black
- font-weight: 500
I know there is some custom javascript in the custom:button-card to handle timers specifically, but can’t figure out how to refer/access the functionality (the typescript has it as private functions, so doubtful).
Here is what it looks like now with 1 min and 13 seconds, when I remove the templated state_display code–the example is cut off, but it displays as 1:13:
Here is what I want it to look like:
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Hi All,
I put together a set of Button Card templates that require minimal config but have some great features and still allow further customisation with any of the button-card properties you’re already using. As we all know, Button Card is incredible but it’s a Swiss Army Knife. I created these templates for when you just need a simple bread knife but wouldn’t mind being able to turn it into a Swiss Army Knife if the situation calls for it.
And so, without any further bad knife analogies, please check out the post here and your feedback is welcome.
Creative Button Card Templates for Lovelace Dashboards
Samples above are in the default dark theme but the templates should work with just about any theme. I use Noctis, there’s a sample of one of my dashboards in the post.
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Answering my own question – I found a hacky way to get this working. I’d prefer a more direct method, so still open for a better way to achieve the ability to modify the format of the entity state and still have the per-second update.
I am utilizing the ___timeRemaining property (that’s populated specifically to handle timer entities in custom:button-card) on the timer button-card object. Because it’s a nested button-card, I also had to pull out the nested card into its own template. Seems to be working now:
timer:
show_name: false
show_icon: false
show_state: true
state_display: >
[[[
if (!entity || entity.state == 'idle') {
return ' ';
}
return Math.ceil(this.___timeRemaining)
]]]
state:
- value: 'idle'
styles:
card:
- background: none
- border: none
styles:
card:
- font-size: 14px
- background-color: '#FF9800'
- height: 28px
- width: 28px
- border-radius: 50%
- font-size: 14px
- line-height: 26px
state:
- color: black
- font-weight: 500
lock_button_timer:
template: lock_button
variables:
timer: null
styles:
custom_fields:
notification:
- position: absolute
- left: 65%
- top: 10%
custom_fields:
notification:
card:
type: custom:button-card
template: timer
entity: '[[[ return variables.timer ]]]'
Hi again All,
Sorry if I’m spamming the thread here. I just finally got around to releasing all this stuff.
So if you’re building Button Cards in VS Code (likely if you run your dashboards in YAML mode) and, like me, having debugging and code quality issues because there’s no syntax highlighting for Javascript templates in triple square brackets ([[[ … ]]]) then hopefully this improves your experience as much as it did mine!
Just search for “Button Card” in VS Code* extensions panel or marketplace.
*Also published to Open VSX so it can be found in code-server versions of VSCode such as the one you can install in Home Assistant
Button Card Javascript Syntax Highlighting for VSCode
- Syntax highlighting provided using built-in Javascript grammar
- “Double quoted” and block YAML strings supported
- Works with the standard YAML language and the
home-assistantYAML language created by the Home Assistant Config Helper plugin.
I made this while I was working on Creative Button Card Templates and could not handle writing any more JS without syntax highlighting. Hopefully it gives someone else the same relief it gave me.
Preview
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@wjf Amaizing!!! Thank you!
I think that one or the other will be able to do something with it.
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This is awesome! Thank you so much!
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I’m curious, is there a way to target specific attributes from a sensor template?
I’ve managed to set up a sensor template which will create the texts I need.
One of the two is a “Name” attribute, and the other a “State” attribute :
sensor:
- unique_id: greet
state: template
attributes:
name: >
{% set time = now().hour %}
{% if time <= 1 %} Good night
{% elif time <= 3 %} Good night
{% elif time <= 5 %} Good night
{% elif time <= 7 %} Good morning
{% elif time <= 9 %} Good morning
{% elif time <= 10 %} Good morning
{% elif time <= 13 %} Good afternoon
{% elif time <= 15 %} Good afternoon
{% elif time <= 17 %} Good afternoon
{% elif time <= 19 %} Good evening
{% elif time <= 22 %} Good evening
{% elif time <= 23 %} Good evening
{% else %} Good evening
{% endif %}
state: >
{% set entity_id = 'alarm_control_panel.master' %}
{% if is_state(entity_id, 'disarmed') %}
Alarm system is: <font color='red'>{{ states("alarm_control_panel.master") }}</font>.
{% else %}
Alarm system is: <font color='green'>{{ states("alarm_control_panel.master") }}</font>.
{% endif %}
And they show up perfectly!
However, they only apply the styles for the “Card” and the “Name”
name: >
[[[
if (entity) {
let attr = [];
for (let [k, value] of Object.entries(entity.attributes))
window.navigator.userAgent.match(/iPhone/i)
? k !== 'time' && k !== 'date' && value !== false && (attr += `<p>${k === 'greet' ? `<span class="iphone">${value}</span>` : `${value}`}</p>`)
: value !== false && (attr += `<p>${value}</p>`);
return attr;
}
]]]
styles:
card:
- background: none
- border: none
- box-shadow: none
- padding: "1em"
name:
- justify-self: "start"
- font-size: "3.5rem"
- font-weight: "100"
- font-family: "Merriweather"
- line-height: 10%
state:
- font-size: "1rem"
- font-family: "Raleway"
the state style is not applied as the second line of text should be much smaller and a different font:
Did I miss something, or we can’t target attributes of a sensor?
EDIT
I found the solution:
Sensor:
sensor:
- unique_id: greet
state: template
attributes:
name: >
{% set time = now().hour %}
{% if time <= 1 %} Good night
{% elif time <= 3 %} Good night
{% elif time <= 5 %} Good night
{% elif time <= 7 %} Good morning
{% elif time <= 9 %} Good morning
{% elif time <= 10 %} Good morning
{% elif time <= 13 %} Good afternoon
{% elif time <= 15 %} Good afternoon
{% elif time <= 17 %} Good afternoon
{% elif time <= 19 %} Good evening
{% elif time <= 22 %} Good evening
{% elif time <= 23 %} Good evening
{% else %} Good evening
{% endif %}
- unique_id: alarm_state
state: Measuring
attributes:
name: >
{% set entity_id = 'alarm_control_panel.master' %}
{% if is_state(entity_id, 'disarmed') %}
Alarm system is: <font color='red'>{{ states("alarm_control_panel.master") }}</font>.
{% else %}
Alarm system is: <font color='green'>{{ states("alarm_control_panel.master") }}</font>.
{% endif %}
Button-card Template:
sidebar:
variables:
alarm_state_entity:
weather_state_entity:
show_state: false
show_icon: false
tap_action:
action: none
styles:
grid:
- grid-template-areas: |
"n"
"alarm_state"
- grid-template-rows: auto repeat(2, min-content)
- align-items: start
- will-change: transform
card:
- background: none
- border: none
- box-shadow: none
- padding: 1em
name:
- justify-self: "start"
- font-size: "3.5rem"
- font-weight: "100"
- font-family: "Merriweather"
- line-height: 10%
- white-space: "inherit"
custom_fields:
alarm_state:
- line-height: 80%
- justify-self: "start"
- font-size: "1rem"
- font-family: "Raleway"
name: >
[[[
if (entity) {
let attr = [];
for (let [k, value] of Object.entries(entity.attributes))
window.navigator.userAgent.match(/iPhone/i)
? k !== 'time' && k !== 'date' && value !== false && (attr += `<p>${k === 'greet' ? `<span class="iphone">${value}</span>` : `${value}`}</p>`)
: value !== false && (attr += `<p>${value}</p>`);
return attr;
}
]]]
custom_fields:
alarm_state: >
[[[
var ent_alarm = states[variables.alarm_state_entity].attributes.name
return ent_alarm;
]]]
The name piece came from matt8707’s sidebar
And lastly in my home.yaml:
- type: vertical-stack
view_layout:
grid-area: header
cards:
- type: custom:button-card
entity: sensor.template_greet
variables:
alarm_state_entity: sensor.template_alarm_state
template:
- sidebar
- type: custom:mod-card
card:
show_current: true
icon: none
show_forecast: false
type: weather-forecast
entity: weather.buienradar
secondary_info_attribute: temperature
- !include repeaters/menu.yaml
Which all results in…
Next up figuring out how to change the style of the weather card through the button-cards 
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I’ve read through the documentation and various posts, but I’m still not clear as to whether or not it’s possible to use templates with triggers_update.
For instance, I have a motion button card template that I’d like to add to my light cards, but also update the motion sensor when that changes, but the light state doesn’t.
In this example I’d move triggers_update to the motion button card template if I can get it to work.
- type: custom:button-card
entity: light.kitchen_lights_group
name: Kitchen
variables:
motion: binary_sensor.kitchen_motion
triggers_update: >
[[[ return states[variables.motion].entity_id; ]]]
template:
- light
- icon_hue
- extra_styles
- motion
If possible, I’d like to avoid having to hardcode the entity twice like this.
variables:
motion: binary_sensor.kitchen_motion
triggers_update: binary_sensor.kitchen_motion
Thanks in advance for any help.
Does anyone know why I get this message? What am I doing wrong?
Probably there is no “button_default_template” defined as a button-card template.
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How to define a button-card template?
since you copied my code above, here’s the template you are missing:
button_default_title:
tap_action:
action: none
styles:
card:
- background-color: var(--background-color-off)
- color: var(--text-color-off)
- font-size: 20px
- font-weight: 400
- padding: 12px
name:
- justify-self: left
note this also relies on some theme variables I have set in my theme definitions.
Always best to not simply copy other peoples yaml, but try to understand what you are doing.
As for the definition of button-card-templates, check the documentation on that aspect: GitHub - custom-cards/button-card: ❇️ Lovelace button-card for home assistant
you need to set that for each dashboard you use (with custom:button-cards)
button_card_templates: !include_dir_merge_named ../button_card_templates
to point to a map inside you /config folder. I use relative notation, but you can also use absolute notation
button_card_templates: !include_dir_merge_named /config/dashboard/button_card_templates
ofc, adjust to your folder naming convention
besides all of the above, there are some navigations set in the hold action to paths I use in my config. So you need to adjust those too (or delete that if you don’t want to navigate away)
Don’t get me wrong, but you explain pretty difficult. That’s why I still haven’t figured out how to configure afvalwijzer like I asked you how I wanted it…
?? wat are you referring to here?
this has nothing to do with afvalwijzer perse.
this is nothing more than a button card styling. Wrapped in a template, so I can use these throughout my dashboards
here, it only styles the top card (Ophaaldata):
if you dont yet use/understand button-card-templates, you can even take it out and simply set that styling on the button in the stack itself
instead of using:
card:
type: vertical-stack
cards:
- type: custom:button-card
name: Ophaaldata
template: button_default_title
you then use:
card:
type: vertical-stack
cards:
- type: custom:button-card
name: Ophaaldata
tap_action:
action: none
styles:
card:
- background-color: var(--background-color-off)
- color: var(--text-color-off)
- font-size: 20px
- font-weight: 400
- padding: 12px
name:
- justify-self: left
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EDIT : So I was so focused on doing this in YML than I didnt think of the obvious, modifying the picture as a png with low alpha Working great, thanks for the addons !
Hello ! is their a way to have a semi-transparent background-image in a template as a container ?
I use :
button_card_templates:
container:
color_type: label-card
styles:
card:
- padding: 0
- background-color: transparent
name:
- border-radius: 0.4em 0.4em 0 0
- padding: 0.1em
- width: 100%
- font-weight: bold
grid:
- grid-template-areas: '"i" "n" "buttons"'
- grid-template-columns: 1fr
- grid-template-rows: 1fr min-content min-content
- background-image: >-
url('https://cdn.couteaux-du-chef.fr/54851/poele-paysanne-bord-haut-de-buyer-fer-32cm.jpg')
- opacity: 0.5
custom_fields:
buttons:
- margin: 0
- padding: 0.3em
But It also make the buttons transparents, if anyone have an idea, thanks !
I will try this afternoon… thanks!