🌻 Lovelace UI • Minimalist

[Jordi83 (Jordi B.)]

Hi Huskie92!

Strange, I can tap anywhere on all of my light cards to toggle the light. Which template variables did you add tot the card? Here’s an example of one of my light cards including the selected template variables:

- type: "custom:button-card"
  template: "card_light"
  entity: "light.keuken_spots"
  variables:
    ulm_card_light_name: "Keuken Spots"
    ulm_card_light_enable_collapse: true
    ulm_card_light_enable_slider: true
    ulm_card_light_enable_horizontal: true
    ulm_card_light_enable_horizontal_wide: false
    ulm_card_light_enable_color: false
    ulm_card_light_enable_background_color: true
    ulm_card_light_force_background_color: false
    ulm_card_light_enable_popup: true

[huskie92]

Thank you for the response. I think I need to be a bit more specific. Using the variables I can toggle the light on/off anywhere. But what I am trying to do is add some specific settings.

I am trying to get this to work when I touch anywhere on the card.

        tap_action:
          action: call-service
          service: light.toggle
          service_data:
            kelvin: 2700
            brightness_pct: 30
            entity_id: light.family_room_desk_lamp
        double_tap_action:
          action: call-service
          service: light.turn_on
          service_data:
            kelvin: 2700
            brightness_pct: 100
            entity_id: light.family_room_desk_lamp

While this technically works, it only works on the “card” part of the button. It does not work on the “icon” or “name” areas.

[basbrus (Bas)]

Hi,

This will be possible from the next release. The pull request to add any call-service to the custom actions is already tested and merged to be ready for release

See the github for more details on it

[huskie92]

Great to know. Thank you very much. I look forward to the release!

[palhaca (Eduardo Martins)]

hello, sorry but can you give me a card example using a bynary sensor?! thanks (move sensor), im not good with code…

[shogun160 (oliver)]

After copying the template into your custom card folder you only need to add “battery_info” to your card.

  template: 
    - "ulm_card_binary_sensor"
    - "ulm_show_last_changed: true"
    - "battery_info"

[cdopp (Christopher Dopp)]

Question about the use of entity_picture in the current minimalist version

I have been using the minimalist project for a while now (prior to significant changes several versions back) and am struggling with using a picture (entity_picture) in place of an icon (entitiy_icon). In earlier versions of minimalist, I was able to specify an entity_picture url that appeared in place of the icon.

This is a screen excerpt from what I previously had working:

Each of those entity_pictures is an animated.svg image (usually dependent on a state value). For example if it was night and the next sun event was sunrise at 5:06 AM it would show an animated sunrise image, the time and the name of the event (aka sunrise) as shown in the above picture.

Likewise for the next tide event. If the next tide will be high at 11:52pm it shows an animated high tide icon, the time and the type of tide it will be (high or low)

          - type: 'custom:button-card'
            entity: sensor.next_tide_type
            show_entity_picture: true
            size: 150%

            tap_action:
              action: more-info
              entity: sensor.next_tide_time

            state:
              - value: 'High'
                entity_picture: "https://<base url here>/local/tide-high.svg"
                name: 'High Tide'
              - value: 'Low'
                entity_picture: "https://<base url here>/local/tide-low.svg"
                name: 'Low Tide'

            template: 
              - icon_info_bg
              - generic
            label: |-
                [[[ 
                    return states["sensor.next_tide_time"].state; 
                ]]]

I used the above block of code (or very close to it as I have been trying to get it to work with the latest code for a while now) to produce the tide button shown above.

I can’t reproduce the above behavior anymore with the latest version of minimalist.

My current attempt is this:

          - type: 'custom:button-card'
            entity: sun.sun
            show_entity_picture: false
            size: 120%

            tap_action:
              action: more-info
              entity: sensor.sunevent_localtime

            state:
              - value: 'below_horizon'
                entity_picture: "https://<base url here>/local/weather-icons/fill/all/sunrise.svg"
                name: 'Sunrise'
              - value: 'above_horizon'
                entity_picture: "https://<base url here>/local/weather-icons/fill/all/sunset.svg"
                name: 'Sunset'
            template: card_generic

            variables:
              ulm_card_generic_name: |-
                [[[ 
                    return states["sensor.sunevent_localtime"].state; 
                ]]]

With show_entity_picture: false (or the whole line commented out), the following is shown:

With show_entity_picture: true, the following is shown:

Has anyone been able to figure out a way to get entity_picture images to show properly? I’d really like to get the functionality back to as show in the top image again. Does anyone have any suggestions or ideas?

[panhans]

The template changed. That results in problems with “old” modifications. Just look at the new template code:

https://ui-lovelace-minimalist.github.io/UI/usage/cards/card_generic/#usage

I think my post to change icon color can help you:

Lovelace UI • Minimalist

So if you want color for your generic cards again: Here you are: Templates custom_icon_color: variables: icon_color: theme custom_fields: item1: card: type: "custom:button-card" template: - "icon_more_info" custom_fields: item1: card: type: "custom:button-card" entity: "[[[ return entity.entity_id ]]]" styles: img_cell: - background-color: "[[[ r…

[H3rbst (Carsten)]

Hi Together,

did anybody manage to switch between darkmode and lightmode via a service?
I want to switch to darkmode at night for my tablet but don’t know how.
Via normal set theme or via browser-mod I was not able to change.
Can somebody help me here please?

[panhans]

If your tablet runs on Android, you can set the Darkmode triggered by a timespan or sunset. Then simply open your companion app, go to your account settings and select auto. Then the OS will handle the light/dark toggle in your apps.

Otherwise simply search in the community. Here is an automation for this. Don’t forget to change your theme to backend selected.

Set Default Light & Dark Lovelace Theme

I’m not 100% sure this will work but what happens if you try: - service: frontend.set_theme data: mode: light # or dark

[tom_l]

If you read the rest of that topic you will see that suggestion did not work.

[panhans]

So the only option using automation is to have two themes one dark one light and not a dual mode theme. Otherwise the only possibility is os managed.

[H3rbst (Carsten)]

So the only way is to duplicate the standard minimalist theme and set this to a dark theme? Then after every release I have to do this again, correct?

[tom_l]

@H3rbst

Then after every release I have to do this again, correct?

Why would you have to do that?

[H3rbst (Carsten)]

I would have thought, that the theme YAMLS will change with some releases?

[tom_l]

I think I had to edit my themes once in the last year when some paper controls were replaced with MWC. Took about 3 minutes.

[Deckoz2302 (Brad)]

Anyone have any ideas how to make an icon for a media player in the room card show on/off status? Media players under developer tools → states, show

off, idle, standby, playing

But don’t actually show an ‘on’ state, which I believe the room card relies on an on/off state

https://ui-lovelace-minimalist.github.io/UI/usage/cards/card_room/

        - type: "custom:button-card"
          template:
            - card_room
            - purple_no_state
          name: Living Room
          entity: light.couch_lamp_zha_group
          icon: mdi:sofa
          tap_action:
            action: navigate
            navigation_path: "living_room"
          variables:
            label_use_temperature: false
            label_use_brightness: false
            entity_1:
              entity_id: light.couch_lamp_zha_group
              templates:
                - yellow_on
              tap_action:
                action: toggle
            entity_2:
              entity_id: media_player.living_room_nvidia_shield
              templates:
                - blue_on
              tap_action:
                action: call-service
                service: media_player.turn_on
                service_data:
                  entity_id: media_player.living_room_nvidia_shield
              hold_action:
                action: call-service
                service: media_player.turn_off
                service_data:
                  entity_id: media_player.living_room_nvidia_shield

Any tips would be appreciated, I’ve tried searching and am coming up dry.

EDIT:
I tried adding a template state - which also didn’t work

            entity_2:
              state: >
                     {% set lrs = states('media_player.living_room_nvidia_shield') %}
                     {{ 'on' if lrs != 'off' else 'off' }}
              entity_id: media_player.living_room_nvidia_shield
              templates:
                - blue_not_off
              tap_action:
                action: call-service
                service: media_player.turn_on
                service_data:
                  entity_id: media_player.living_room_nvidia_shield
              hold_action:
                action: call-service
                service: media_player.turn_off
                service_data:
                  entity_id: media_player.living_room_nvidia_shield

So I ended up going to here and making ’blue_not_off.yaml’ template as well as one for green, yellow, pink, red, and purple

/config/custom_components/ui_lovelace_minimalist/__ui_minimalist__/ulm_templates/card_templates/colors/

example template

---
blue_not_off:
  state:
    - styles:
        icon:
          - color: "rgba(var(--color-blue),1)"
        label:
          - color: "rgba(var(--color-blue-text),1)"
        name:
          - color: "rgba(var(--color-blue-text),1)"
        img_cell:
          - background-color: "rgba(var(--color-blue), 0.2)"
        card:
          - background-color: "rgba(var(--color-background-blue), var(--opacity-bg))"
      id: "not_off"
      operator: template
      value: >
             [[[
               return (entity.state != "off" )
             ]]]
# Legacy
blue:
  template: "blue_not_off"

[dennissmit (Dennis)]

Hi guys,

been using the theme for a while now, but was wondering if anybody already implemented some nice solution for using a vacuum map??

Dennsi

[panhans]

First: Never edit cards in the custom_components directory!

Try this:

1. Go to your config/ui_lovelace_minimalist/custom_cards directory
2. create a directory, e.g. my_templates
3. create a blue_not_off.yaml

blue_not_off:
  state:
    - styles:
        icon:
          - color: "rgba(var(--color-blue),1)"
        label:
          - color: "rgba(var(--color-blue-text),1)"
        name:
          - color: "rgba(var(--color-blue-text),1)"
        img_cell:
          - background-color: "rgba(var(--color-blue), 0.2)"
        card:
          - background-color: "rgba(var(--color-background-blue), var(--opacity-bg))"
      value: "off"
      operator: '!='

5. apply the template to your card
6. go to developer settings and hit the ui lovelace minimalist button
7. refresh your dashboard

[Deckoz2302 (Brad)]

I know not to edit the cards as they’ll get overwritten with updates.

Didn’t think cards that don’t exist in the repo have an issue of being overwritten, as there’s nothing to overwrite them from the repo?

I’ll move them, but it shouldn’t matter with templates that don’t exist.