home assistant variables for input_text with more than 255 characters | Home Assistant | Page 1

dire garnet Sep 5, 2023, 8:07 PM

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I see this "problem" alot, solution seems to use attributes instead of states, but I didn't found a solution to use this with text_input through lovelace. that's why I created this thread. I'm new to Discord, hope this is ok.

crimson beacon Sep 5, 2023, 8:07 PM

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States are limited to 255 characters, there's no way around that

dire garnet Sep 6, 2023, 6:15 AM

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I just saw that the author of the "lovelace-multiline-text-input-card" told he is using the "var custom component" because of the limit of text_input. So I thought there should be a way to get around this.
Is there another way to make a text-input through lovelace GUI longer than 255 characters?

'''
multiline-text-input-card
This is a simple lovelace card to display a multiline text input field bound on an input_text or var entity.

However, snarky-snark's var component is recommended to use since Home Assistant's input_text is limited to a maximum of only 255 characters. At this point I will not forget to mention that this great component is capable of so much more - have a look at it!
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crimson beacon Sep 6, 2023, 10:39 AM

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Never used that custom integration, no idea if it supports over 255

dire garnet Sep 6, 2023, 12:11 PM

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do you maybe know another method to input text via lovelace that is over 255?

#home assistant variables for input_text with more than 255 characters