WTH: Why don't scenes have states?

[petro]

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WTH is it hard to detect if a scene is active, or group multiple scenes as variations

Dear forum, I just discovered the power of Scenes. I was previously just using scripts, but having the ability to just add entities and live-preview the settings I want for them is quite convenient. However, as I’m currently trying to setup multiple scenes for my living room lightning setup, I find that the way of configuration could be improved a lot: group multiple scenes in a single scene selector. I’m currently using an external input_select variable with multiple options, and automation…