Noob section for Lovelace

[snowatom]

Hi everybody

It seems that there is a lot if implicit knowledge regarding Lovelace. I myself is not a skilled developer, but dazzle a little.

Could someone please explain the following

• Does the ui-lovelace.yaml replace configuration.yaml
• Are groups.yaml still used

My setup is divided, so groups.yaml are used to get the UI I want. Can I still do that in Lovelace ?

To summon up, could someone please explain what files are still used and what is moved to the ui-lovelace.yaml

Thank you.

[flamingm0e]

@snowatom

Does the ui-lovelace.yaml replace configuration.yaml

no, not at all. ui-lovelace.yaml is JUST the views to the data. configuration.yaml is still needed to connect your devices.

@snowatom

Are groups.yaml still used

Not for display on the front end.

@snowatom

My setup is divided, so groups.yaml are used to get the UI I want. Can I still do that in Lovelace ?

You can convert your groups.yaml to lovelace using the script provided in the documentation.

Just so you are aware, all the knowledge I have from Lovelace, comes from the documentation.

Dashboards

[snowatom]

Thanks, but its not that obvious in the documentation.

Also, I can’t use the script, as my Homeassistant is running in a Synology Docker. Hoping that someone will make an online converter. Kind of like the doc to pdf online conversion.