I’d love to hear your creative ideas for a simple UI (e.g. minimalistic, tile, mushroom, bubble etc.) for lights/switches that can be turned on/off either manually or by motion (I’ll call them Motion Lights).
Motion Lights have different “states” compared to simply on/off.
- Locked-Off: Off and will not be triggered by motion.
- Soft-Off: Off and will be triggered by motion.
- Locked-On: On manually and will not be automatically turned off.
- Soft-On: On because of motion and will be automatically turned off.
Each Motion Light has an associated input_boolean. When the input_boolean turns OFF, the light is Locked-Off. When the input_boolean turns ON, the light is Soft-Off.
So what’s the most elegant way to display and allow users to set those states with a simple, compact UI?
Additional Considerations:
I’m hoping to come up with something that is useful for a lot of people.
Of course, lights might also include brightness or color controls, or those could be accessed through a popup.
Also, it would be nice if a “Motion Light” could actually be a group of lights/switches. The UI could default to controlling the group, but allow someone to expand the group for individual control.
FWIW, each input_boolean has an associated timer which determines how long the light stays on. I’ll publish the automations when the UI is sorted out.
Am I missing anything?
