WTH - Newly added devices in Notifications

[berniebl (Bernard)]

I find that some devices will have different entity prefixes and are a little hard to find when you just add them. Example: a lock can have lock.yourlocktype and sensor.yourlocktype etc.
In order to get all the endity_id, it would be nice if we could have a persistent notification of your newly added device, or even a panel that would show the 10 most recent added devices (entities)

[varmluft (peter)]

Hi there,

Same reason as this one here

Why not have the option to sort entity list by 'first seen' to make it easy to play around when adding new stuff

When playing around and adding stuff it is difficult to find it in the developer-tools/state Current entities list. I have 700+ entities in the list and when adding new stuff it is often scattered around the list and difficult to find when needed why not make a ‘first seen’ record for each entity and then add the ability to sort - newest on top. Or something like the way HACS shows ‘new repositories’ until it has been cleared by pressing ‘Dismiss all new repositories’

[berniebl (Bernard)]

Yes it does seem similar.
The reason that I like the entry in “Notifications” is that it gives you and instant feedback that your device has paired and now included in HA. If I remember correctly the Zigate plugin does that and really like the feature. Thought it may be a good idea to make it a standard.