Is there any way to stop the UI from reformatting the value_template text?
#Keep UI from reformatting template text
lament citrus
Keeping it like this instead action: input_text.set_value metadata: {} data: value_template: > {% if now().month == 2 and now().day == 15 %} "valentine" {% elif now().month == 7 and now().day == 4 %} "independence" {% elif now().month == 10 and now().day == 31 %} "halloween" {% elif now().month == 11 and now().day == 27 %} "birthday" {% elif now().month == 11 %} "fall" {% elif now().month == 12 and (now().day == 24 or now().day == 25) %} "christmas" {% else %} "night light" {% endif %} target: entity_id: input_text.light_pattern_preset alias: Set the light preset based on date
hearty horizon
Hi @lament citrus,
Not if you are storing it in the automations.yaml file that the UI editor uses...
If you split the configuration and don't use the UI editor for those, then yes,
summer arrow
maybe like this:
data:
value_template: >
{% if now().month == 2 and now().day == 15 %} "valentine"
{% elif now().month == 7 and now().day == 4 %} "independence"
{% elif now().month == 10 and now().day == 31 %} "halloween"
{% elif now().month == 11 and now().day == 27 %} "birthday"
{% elif now().month == 11 %} "fall"
{% elif now().month == 12 and (now().day == 24 or now().day == 25) %}
"christmas"
{% else %} "night light"
{% endif %}
Are you up for using Code Server or something else to edit some of them?
summer arrow
> tells YAML that it can replace newlines with spaces
and so when it is serialized all the newlines are lost
hearty horizon
That's ninja...
hearty horizon
But the next time you edit or save it, that gone probably.
lament citrus
it kept it
summer arrow
no it should stay
lament citrus
little extra new line between stuff is much better than it all being mushed together, thank you, love the secret ninja methods
hearty horizon
TBH that's almost as bad as the UI jubmle for me, though...
lament citrus
i'd definitely prefer it all together but hey
it's better than storing an automation or value outside the ui editor for me
hearty horizon
Just use a real editor. Once the thing is built, most of the tweaks for cool stuff the UI can't do anyway. Build the base in the UI, and move the YAML to a split file is what I do a lot of times.
lament citrus
yea, i may move this to trigger off a calendar instead then the automation wont change at all and it's just managing calendar events
but for now, appreciate it @summer arrow
lament citrus
ya I already have a ton split out for things that never change but this one in particular is one of those that would
hence probably moving to the calendar method
hearty horizon
👯
oak cipher
is there a reason you're including the quotes in your values?
lament citrus
i assumed it needed them to know it was a string but maybe it doesnt