binary sensor "must have" a "show as"? | Home Assistant | Page 1

honest kettle Jan 13, 2025, 10:34 AM

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what happened to just show an entity as on/off? i have a couple of door/window sensors and i "have to" define a "show as". and that is highly confusing as a sensor that should be used in an automation later is set to either door or light or whatever, then the state is just intuitively wrong. how can i just have it display as on/off?

craggy pendant Jan 13, 2025, 10:37 AM

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What does "have to" mean?

honest kettle Jan 13, 2025, 10:41 AM

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i'm not able to unset it. i can click the "x" next to the "show as", but then it's classified as "opening"

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i just want a simple on/off binary sensor

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the sensors in themselves don't have any higher logic to them, since i'm going to be using them as two sensors in a garage door cover

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i know the state still is on|off, but it's just confusing to have this view being forced

craggy pendant Jan 13, 2025, 11:04 AM

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Looks like a frontend bug - I'd suggest opening an issue

honest kettle Jan 13, 2025, 11:04 AM

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github?

reef stratusBOT Jan 13, 2025, 11:05 AM

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