Webpage Card Changing URL

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Hello,
I have a webpage card to show a recipe site, but it will not allow the URL to change. Is there any way to allow the URL to change when I tap on something on the website?

2

Maybe you should try using the iframe method.

3

I am able to search the websites, but I am unable to log in and popups do not show.

4

There is also a mobile app for the recipe website, so if iframe doesn’t work, would I be able to open the app?
Sorry, I am a complete newbie.

5

I really have no idea what this option actually does but have you tried allow open top navigation?

6

That didn’t work.

7

I have found a workaround. I am using Fully Kiosk to display Home Assistant on the device, and I can create a button that loads a URL within Fully Kiosk.

8

If you’d said you were using fully kiosk I would have pointed out that possibility. Glad you got it working :slight_smile:

9

Can you elaborate on how you did this? Do you have a way to go back to your dashboard after you look at the URL? My kid’s school has a website where you can view the lunch menu. I just want a button they can press to load the menu, but then come back to HA afterward. I tried the webpage card, but I just get the refused to connect error. I should note I am currently using Fully Kiosk Browser on a Kindle mounted to the wall.

10

I have the navigation buttons showing on the tablet and if I press the home button, it loads the start URL. Or I can press the back button to go back to the previous page.

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The button is set to load a webpage on the tablet via fully kiosk.

12

So, do you have a button inside of home assistant that opens a web page? If so, how do you do that?

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Navigate to the dashboard that you want to add the button to. Edit the dashboard and add a button. On tap action, set it to call service. The service is: Fully Kiosk Browser: Load URL. Choose the device that you want to load the URL on and then enter the URL that you want to load in the ‘URL to load’ box.

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This is exactly what I needed! Thank you so much!

I think I’ll have a script or something call the service, then wait 5 minutes and then run have it call another service for a button press to “load start URL”. That way it will just go back to the home page after they’ve had a chance to look at it.

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I know this is an old topic but I also use Fully Kiosk Browser and had the same wish, to be able to go back to my dashboard after looking at a URL. I made a simple automation to help.

It’s triggered every time the Fully Kiosk Browser changes URL. If the URL isn’t a Home Assistant one, it triggers the Kiosk Action Bar to appear (it has back, forward and Home buttons - tapping back or Home takes you to back to the dashboard). When it’s showing HA again, it hides the Action Bar:

alias: Show Action Bar if external site loaded
description: ""
trigger:
  - platform: state
    entity_id:
      - sensor.<FULLY_KIOSK_BROWSER>_current_page
condition: []
action:
  - action: fully_kiosk.set_config
    target:
      device_id: <DEVICE_ID>
    data:
      key: showActionBar
      value: >-
        {{ ('https://homeassistant.local' not in states('sensor.<FULLY_KIOSK_BROWSER>_current_page')) | lower }}
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