Using icons from files in local storage

Configuration
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what is the process for using icons from local storage for buttons for example - i’m using the following:

cards

  • cards:
    • entity: automation.game_neon_mode_set
      icon: ‘mdi:reload’
      name: Game Neon Mode Reset
      tap_action:
      action: call-service
      service: mqtt.publish
      service_data: RESET
      type: entity-button

i want to replace the icon:mdi with a local file, but when i try something like ‘icons/xxx.png’ it doesn’t load it (the file is located in HASS/icons folder). am i doing it right?

are there any restrictions related to png resolutions?

2

The file has to be in your config/www directory (or a subdirectory there of).

If you dont have a www directory in your config folder, create one and restart HA.

You then can specify local icons or images like this:

 /local/your_subdirectory_if_you_have_one/your_icon.png
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i’ve put the file in /config/www, but isn’t found by the card configuration - i’ve tried these:

icon: local/neonmodechange.png
icon: /local/neonmodechange.png
icon: www/neonmodechange.png
icon: /www/neonmodechange.png

but none works

4

You shouldn’t use icon:, but entity_picture:. You can do that with customize entities

5

not sure i understand - i try the following:
cards:

  • cards:
    • entities:
      • input_select.gameneon_mode
        type: entities
    • entity: automation.game_neon_mode_set
      entity_picture: /local/neonmodechange.png
      name: Game Neon Mode Reset
      tap_action:
      action: call-service
      service: mqtt.publish
      topic: home/gameneon/setmode
      service_data: RESET
      type: entity-button
      type: horizontal-stack

the yaml is valid, but entity_picture isn’t showing the png

6

No you can’t set the image in lovelace (that i know of) you’ll have to do that via the customize entities. View the docs I linked in my previous post.

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It depends on the card. For example, it works in the custom tiles card:

  - column: 3
    entity: script.lounge_kodi_player_skip_fwd_10
    icon:
      value: /local/icons/fast-forward-10.png
    row: 5
8

oh i see your point - will check that out thx.

9

i tried to set it up using customization but couldn’t get it working.

the card

cards:

  • entity: automation.game_neon_mode_set
    name: Game Neon Mode Reset
    tap_action:
    action: call-service
    service: mqtt.publish
    service_data:
    topic: home/gameneon/setmode
    payload: RESET
    type: entity-button
    type: vertical-stack

the following is in configuration.yaml under “homeassistant:”

customize:
automation.game_neon_mode_set:
entity_picture: /local/www/neonmodechange.png

the configuration is valid, but still - the image is not loaded

is that even possible for a type_button defined in the UI? if not - is there a push button equivalent with the same properties that can be added to yaml configuration instead?

10

Read my post again. The url is local/ not local/www/.

Also please format your posts correctly.

11

the png file is located under config/www - was my path wrong?

how do i format the code paragraph - can’t see an option for that in the editor…

12

The www folder is accessed by using /local in HA. Not /local/www/

There should be a banner at the top of the page explaining how to format your post unless you’ve hidden it.

13

still having a problem to set the png for entity_button but i made a test and tried to customize a switch defined in my configuration with

  switch.candles_power:
    entity_picture: /local/neon.png

this works, however, changing “switch.candles_power” to “automation.game_neon_mode_set” for a UI entity-button type created in lovelace like the following isn’t working - so a picture cannot be set for entity-button? is there an equivalent non ui type for push button?

cards:
  - type: entities
    entities:
      - input_select.gameneon_mode
  - tap_action:
      service_data: RESET
      service: mqtt.publish
      action: call-service
    entity: automation.game_neon_mode_set
    icon: 'mdi:reload'
    type: entity-button
    name: Game Neon Mode Reset
type: horizontal-stack
14

Did you find a way in the end? I am struggleing to change the icon of a media_player and would like to know how to achieve that.