Would love to have custom header functionality in vanilla HA. Load times are a killer when you’ve got a kiosked tablet and are waiting to turn something on/off.
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Yeah custom header is nice, but doesn’t fit well with the features of the header. (and can break) I know this header is standard polymer etc. but it is large.
Maybe if the header was reworked so it works with a single row. I don’t know how many people care about the name of their view in the header, so it could be as simple as moving the tabs to there and that halves the space taken
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In my case, I have three HA instances (Home, Work and Home Backup to bridge the time, Home HA is rebooting [I think I can remove that one soon]) which I distinguish with different header colors. So even with multiple HA instances, the name in the header is not compulsory needed for everyone.
same here, and I do like the name in the header to distinguish one from the other. Must say I dont experience the enormous lag in loading using the fabulous CH, which I have setup even with multiple dashboards on the main rig. Those non-default dashboard do require some extra loading time, but I think that is HA itself, and not CH.
If you really need some extra visual difference between the tabs of your multiple HA instances use Favicon, to be able to use dedicated color for the icon on you devices, and have the name of the instance prevail in your browser tabs.
But yeah, a core compact header would be nice to have. +1
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In any case the compact header should be optional. I edited my last comment to clear it up:
“[…] the name in the header is not compulsory needed for everyone”
I’m sure that many people rely on the name in the header.
Thank you, I already use that one 
I changed the favicon to the color of the header.
100%. I previously made this feature suggestion here.
It would be great to have it default to being more compact and not wasting all that space.
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I second this request. We have this amazing Lovelace UI but this still archaic top bar. If it was up to me get rid of it completely now that we have multiple dashboards I don’t even need tabs.
mutliple dashboards suck on mobile, tabs are way better. Unless you build a series of buttons to navigate through your UI. I’ve done that and it works OK… but there’s no easy way to get from a nested location back to the root.
Agreed, I was just stating that because we now have different dashboards users don’t have to rely on just tabs. So if someone wants to create a dashboard without tabs that they will use on tablet and desktop they should be able to 
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I think a built in kiosk mode is also a great addition. As long as it’s a per-dashboard-setting.
So you can e.g. have your default dashboard with tabs and an additional dashboard in kiosk mode for a tablet on the wall or something like this.
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I’ve just found out that Mayker now stopped maintaining the Custom Header. The project will be archived in the next few days 
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Just wanted to add an extra vote for more flexibility concerning the header.
We have 2 kiosks at home and if custom header is no longer working those will look horrible.
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I hope HA can add some simple customization options for the header soon now that we have “lost” Custom Header component.
Thank you!
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I added my vote for this a while back but posting here again to help with visibility of this Feature Request.
The Flattened Header Junkies no longer have our Custom Header “fix” and we’re already going through withdrawal. 
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If only we could hide the header entirely… thats all I really need!
card mod it away, there’s posts floating around with the syntax
Thanks! Good to know for now, I’ll look for this workaround with card-mod. But in true “WTH” spirit, I still think this should be baked in, not hacked.
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I’m here to support the idea of integrating the most important features of CH into HA Core!
I personally think the option of having a smaller Header should be a priority now that CH is not available anymore as a solution, as well as a “footer mode”.
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I will also join. The whole look at the tablet on the wall is degraded by the big header that takes up space and I think it should be customizable
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FYI - for those looking, this comment has the card-mod code to get the custom-header look: