Lovelace-UI Log is empty

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Hi guys,

I played a little with my UI yesterday. I switched Lovelace to yaml just to realize that I can’t configure the UI from the browser or the app anymore (should read much more :slight_smile: )

Anyways I restored the system with a snapshot going back to normal, besides that I had to redo my whole dashboard again. But since than the log in the UI is empty and no new events are showing up.

Do I have to activate something?

Thanks a lot,

Flo

EDIT: I found similar posts and deleted now my DB. Worked!

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Any reason you didn’t just switch back to GUI mode? You could have then gone to the raw editor and done a copy/paste into the ui-lovelace.yaml and switched back to yaml mode again…

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Hi David,

It seemed to me that if you switch to ui-lovelace.yaml your UI is “ruined” anyways. Also when you switch back. But you’re right. I will give it another try in the next few days but will copy my UI-Config first :slight_smile:

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Not ruined… You can switch from one to the other and you won’t have any visual clue which you are using… just use the raw editor to copy/paste to yaml and vice versa while you decide which you prefer. Then just comment out the lovelace yaml mode stuff in config and restart… Or what I do is I make changes in the yaml file and then copy/paste the yaml to the raw editor… so I’m running all the time in GUI mode but can use the YAML file…

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That means I could also use themes, backgrounds, etc. without any problems?

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Yes. The lovelace mode does not affect themes… it’s exactly the same whichever mode you choose.

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In my opinion, you do not need yaml mode to customize any longer. Now HA initially lovelace auto generates the configuration. My system is down right now due to a HassOs implosion but I will try to direct from memory.

When you start editing that you manage it manually. On the Overview screen, in the upper right corner menu, select Edit UI. Once in that mode, you can do deeper if you wish by selecting the upper right menu and selecting the raw config editor. You now have the underlying yaml base to work with.

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Hm alright. I thought it will be easier to insert backgrounds etc in yaml mode.

I think I just have to learn lot how the editor works :slight_smile:

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The raw mode is essentially yaml.

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True of course. I find the raw editor while much improved still much harder to use and it removes all comments and totally mangles the yaml structure you have in the yaml mode file. I find it much easier editing with notepad++ and then copying over the raw editor. It’s also much easier to revert any change I might have made.

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