WTH can you not mix entity types in the UI managed "groups"?

I have a bunch of ZigBee lights outside, but one location just doesn’t seem to work. So I put an extension to a WiFi smart plug, and that controls the lights.

However, I would like a group of all outdoor lights I can toggle, including the light controlled by a smart plug. Which it doesn’t seem like you can do with the UI managed group/helper?

You can but you would need to set your smart plug switch entity to be a light. Ie using show as light on the switch entity settings or use switch as x helper.

Problem is if you have a group with different types of entities, how is it supposed to make sense of commands that only apply to some members and not others?

Sure, but what if you want it in both a group of lights and a group of “everything outdoor” with different types of entities?

Home Assistant could (probably?) easily check for which types of entities are in the group, and only allow commands that are common for all types in the group.

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