New Orbit Deck Card - feedback wanted
Hi all,
I’ve been working on a new card for Orbit Cards called Orbit Deck Card, and I’d love some feedback from anyone willing to test it.
The idea is simple: use any Lovelace card inside a managed layout, either as wrapped cards or as tabs.
It is currently on the deck-card branch, so it is not in the main release yet.
Branch:
What it does
The new card supports:
-
Wrap layout
- Display multiple cards in rows
- Set items per row
- Optionally show cards as separate cards or grouped together
-
Tabs layout
- Put each card behind a tab
- Set tab name and icon
- Choose a default tab
- Control tab width mode
- Style tab colours and font size
-
Per-card styling
- Padding controls for each card
- Useful for cards that need small layout tweaks without writing
card_mod
Example config
type: custom:orbit-deck-card
layout: tabs
tab_font_size: 18px
decks:
- attributes:
icon: mdi:home
name: Home
default: true
card:
type: entities
entities:
- light.lounge
- attributes:
icon: mdi:lightbulb
name: Lights
card:
type: entities
entities:
- light.kitchen
- light.office
- attributes:
icon: mdi:chart-line
name: Energy
card:
type: custom:gauge-card-pro
entity: sensor.energy_today
Why I made it
Orbit Cards already has a multi-card style layout for Status and Action cards. I wanted to make that idea more general, so it could be used with any card, not just Orbit’s own cards.
The goal is to make layouts like this easier:
- A row of gauges
- A tabbed control panel
- A compact dashboard section
- Multiple related cards grouped under one visual block
What I’d like feedback on
If anyone tests it, I’d especially like feedback on:
- Does the editor feel natural?
- Does the tab layout behave how you would expect?
- Are the styling options enough, or too much?
- Does wrapping feel consistent with native Home Assistant layouts?
- Any cards that do not behave correctly inside it?
- Any confusing naming in the YAML or editor?
This is still early, so config may change a little before I call it stable.
Main repo:
Deck Card branch:
Thanks in advance to anyone who gives it a try.
