It would be amazing to be able to add entities to groups from the UI, this would include adding new tabs and assigning / removing entities from those tabs.
from the entity on an existing view, you should be able to to the following:
add to existing group
add to new group (creates group)
assign to existing view
add to new view (create view)
remove from existing view
remove from existing group
from an existing group you should be able to do the following:
add existing entity
remove existing entity
delete group
rename group
from an existing view you should be able to do the following:
Totally agree. During adding, removing, renaming entities it is a must have to be able to add/remove to/from groups via GUI. E.g. I try to make a good automation to switch on/off things based on my alarm system state.for this I’d like to add switches, lights etc to a group and this group will be swtitched. But I’d like to make different groups for different reasons and when I add new entity it is a pain of my ass to remember and add/remove from different groups.
And I think it is easy to program. Just some checkboxes in different places. Much easier than the GUI of automations…
I have just had a need to group 2 lights together as 1 entity and has to be done with code. Can we add a “Entity Groups” section in the main configuration page and it allow it to be done by gui and an option to code for those more experienced.
Would be great to handle groups in GUI. There should be an option “Groups” in Configuration (around Scenes, Scripts etc.). Here entities can be added or can be seen which entities are under a giben group. Also add other settings to the group (like icon)
Also editing an entity under “Entities” should show the groups (in Related like as Integration, Device, Area) and be able do add/remove with a checkbox or +/- sign), or create a group to add in.
It should help to check which enrtity is in which group or a group contained entities. Also helps in case I have to add an entity or change e.g. the entity ID.
My Home Assistant configuration relies heavily on groups.
As it is now:
Whenever I add or remove a device, I end up having to SSH into the relevant server, edit the files, verify the YAML, then reload the groups. This should be part of the UI like it is with Scenes, but I do realize the wildcard nature of a groups contents could present a challenge.
As it would work:
There would be a subcategory under Integrations where one can perform the following actions:
Create a new group
Rename an existing group
Edit an existing group
Add entities to a group
Remove entities from a group
Reorder items in a group, both manually and via a sort function.
Note, this would allow a group to be added to a group. EG: group “Kitchen” could be added to group “Main Floor”. This functionality works in groups.yaml currently and should not be broken.
Delete a group
I run Home Assistant Core and am happy to test, or help in any other way I can.
+1 Its one of the few big holes left in HA. Groups are a super useful feature, but have to be done with YAML today. Its a hinderance to new users and can be a turn off for others migrating from other platforms.
Cannot emphasize this more, most problematic IMHO is grouping lights and changing switches to lights and adding them to a light group. Would be super useful and sure attracts more users to HA.
