nspanel-lovelace-ui/docs/entities.md

Entities

Entities are mainly used on cardEntities and cardGrid.

It is possible to overwrite and configure varrious things on Entities.

Possible configuration values for entities key:

key	optional	type	default	description
entity	False	string	None	name of ha entity
name	True	string	None	Used to override names
icon	True	string	None	Used to override icons
color	True	array	None	Overwrite color of entity color: [255, 0, 0]
state	True	string	None	Only displayed if Entity state is equal to this value
state_not	True	string	None	Only displayed if Entity state is unequal to this value
status	True	string	None	Only valid for navigate items, adds a entity to track state for the icon
assumed_state	True	string	None	Only for cover items, up, down and stop buttons are always shown

Override Icons or Names

To overwrite Icons or Names of entities you can configure an icon and/or name in your configuration, please see the following example. Only the icons listed in the Icon Cheatsheet are useable.

        entities:
          - entity: light.test_item
            name: NameOverride
            icon: mdi:lightbulb

It is also possible to configure different icon overwrites per state:

            icon:
                "on": mdi:lightbulb
                "off": mdi:lightbulb

It is also possible to configure different color overwrites per state:

            color:
                "on": [255,0,0]
                "off": [0,0,255]

It is also possible to use text instead of icons with text:X

            icon:
                "on": mdi:lightbulb
                "off": "text:"

Hide item based on state

This sensor will only be shown on the card if it's state is equal to off

      - entity: binary_sensor.sensor_bad_contact
        state: "off"

This sensor will only be shown on the card if it's state is not equal to on

      - entity: binary_sensor.sensor_kueche_contact
        state_not: "on"

Calling service directly as button

The following example shows how to call services directly, this enables you to call services on entities not (yet) supported by the backend and also to pass data to services.

    - entity: service.light.turn_on
      data:
        entity_id: light.schreibtischlampe
        color_name: "green"