Templating the icon of a cover device class via customize

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Hi,

I have an IKEA Fyrtur blind, with the standard “blind” icons associated with it.
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As the Custom Brand Icon set has the icons for both the open and closed fyrtur blind (via phu:ikea-blind-open and phu:ikea-blind-closed), I want to use them both.

I tried to use the definition:

homeassistant:
  customize:
    cover.rollo_schlafzimmer:
      icon: phu:ikea-blind-{{states('cover.rollo_schlafzimmer')}}

Using the template tool (under Development Tools) renders the expression correctly to phu:ikea-blind-open (or phu:ikea-blind-open).

But on the entity itself, no icon is showing:
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So, what am I doing wrong?

Thanks,

Thomas

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You cannot use templates in standard “customize”.
If this “cover” entity is provided by integration (i.e. not a template cover) - your possible solutions are:

  1. Google for Custom UI - it allows (at least allowed 2 years ago, have not tested it since that time) to use JS-templates in “customize”. An icon is changed in ALL cards & more-info window.
  2. Replace an icon on a particular card by card-mod (ask details in a dedicated thread).

For a template cover - you can define an icon in a template.

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Yep, that was it, thanks.

And yes, it was from an integration (MQTT via Z2M).