WTH is there no action_name for input_button?

Month of "What the heck?!"
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In dashboards you can’t add action_name for input buttons, but you can do it for scripts and scenes.

Example:

type: entities
entities:
  - entity: scene.movie
    action_name: Set scene
  - entity: script.doorbell
    action_name: Ding dong

action_name

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I agree this should be available and I have voted for it.

However, while we wait for this to be possible, I have found a workaround.

Change your entity to a type: button as documented here. It will then accept action_name.

Note, in most cases, you will also need to specify tap_action: and action: toggle, or you will be presented with the entity more-info dialog. If you still want to be able to access the more-info dialog, you will need hold the button once you have made this change.

type: entities
entities:
  - type: button
    entity: input_button.my_button
    action_name: Action Name
    tap_action:
      action: toggle

This also works for entities of type button.

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