Tile launches pop-up instead of running script

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I created a script to toggle lights in an area called Christmas Lights. Then I created a tile to run the script, but when clicking the tile it brings up a popup screen with a run button, instead of just running the script. Obviously to just turn lights on or off, I don’t want that extra step.

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Is there something I missed when setting up the tile or the script? I did everything through the GUI, but…
The script code looks like this:

action: switch.toggle
metadata: {}
data: {}
target:
  area_id: christmas_lights

The tile code looks like this:

type: tile
entity: script.all_christmas_lights
grid_options:
  columns: 12
  rows: 1

Is there a better way to do this like separate on/off commands instead of toggle?

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You can edit the tiles interaction setting and do the toggling there.

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See ´tap_action`

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That does fix the main problem, but now it seems the status doesn’t show. Is there a way to have the button or tile show on/off when the devices in the area are on or all off? It seems to just be dark or gray as if they are all off.

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Have you tried the Area card?
For the tile card to fit your needs you need to make a group but that wont work dynamically through the area I think.
Another way is a template with the state of the lights from an area ( this may help you to code that) and then set that as a trigger for an automation, which controls a dummy switch (toggle helper) which you set as the entity in the tile card.