How can I re-create this card? | Home Assistant | Page 1

hollow steeple Mar 23, 2025, 1:07 PM

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HA added this to Overview automatically.... I tried creating a card from the entity but the suggestion HA makes looks nothing like this. How to re-create?

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How can I re-create this card?

indigo forge Mar 23, 2025, 1:12 PM

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hollow steeple HA added this to Overview automatically.... I tried creating a card from the ent...

thats just a media control card is it not?

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or if you would prefer yaml

entity: media_player.YOUR_MEDIA_PLAYER_ENTITY_HERE```

hollow steeple Mar 23, 2025, 2:31 PM

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You're completely right, i just didn't know what do search for 😀 Thanks!

hollow steeple Mar 24, 2025, 12:46 AM

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hollow steeple You're completely right, i just didn't know what do search for 😀 Thanks!

I think I’ll have to call on your expertise again…

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The thing is that HA added two different cards to overview…

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I think it’s because I first added the tv… then later it popped up as a media player as well.

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The card in OP looks like this when disabled:

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The media control looks like this disabled:

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The former is what I’m looking for, as the latter doesn’t allow me to turn in the tv

indigo forge Mar 24, 2025, 12:53 AM

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hollow steeple The card in OP looks like this when disabled:

when you say disabled. what exactly do you mean? do you mean your disabling the entity? if you disabled the entity no controls will work because its disabled

hollow steeple Mar 24, 2025, 12:53 AM

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Turned off, sorry

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The tv

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It’s in tv off state. The latter card assumes the tv to be on to work. The former card lets me turn on the tv.

indigo forge Mar 24, 2025, 1:00 AM

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look at the cards yaml and see what it does differently.

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maybe its a different entity its referencing. maybe the tv is connected in multiple ways somehow. media control doesnt have much in the way of configuration options so i dont know what else it would be getting it to act differently if not a different entity

hollow steeple Mar 24, 2025, 2:08 AM

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indigo forge look at the cards yaml and see what it does differently.

Do you know where I can find the yaml for the overview page? It seems like a common question... i saw an answer that this page is actually not available in yaml, but as json. I'm good with looking into that too.

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maybe the tv is connected in multiple ways somehow

It's definitely represented in two ways, one as TV (for remote control) and the other more like generic media player

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I haven't found "the other" way...

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like, whatever the second representation is

indigo forge Mar 24, 2025, 2:15 AM

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on the card editor in the bottom left is "show code editor" and it will show you the yaml of the card

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hollow steeple Mar 24, 2025, 2:20 AM

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indigo forge on the card editor in the bottom left is "show code editor" and it will show you...

I don't see that from the Overview, maybe because I haven't taken it over yet? I go to the device, and it shows this as an option:

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looks like the one I want

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(still no yaml preview avail)

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but when I then click Add to Dashboard

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I get these very simple "suggestions"

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it's kinda weird, why not suggest the exact thing that was put on the Overview

indigo forge Mar 24, 2025, 2:26 AM

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on the dashboard where the card is. you go into edit mode then click the card

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hollow steeple Mar 24, 2025, 2:27 AM

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yep yep, that's what I do for yaml driven dashboards

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but the overview page... it gives me this

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pop up:

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everything is autogenerated, i assume

indigo forge Mar 24, 2025, 2:28 AM

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oh its an auto generated dahbaord

hollow steeple Mar 24, 2025, 2:28 AM

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i can't get to card level yaml

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yep

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If only i could clone the Overview, but that's not possible either

indigo forge Mar 24, 2025, 2:30 AM

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i havent used auto generated at all in so long

hollow steeple Mar 24, 2025, 2:31 AM

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Eventually I'll get thre too, it's a bit chaotic

indigo forge Mar 24, 2025, 2:31 AM

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if you want to you can create a new normal dashboard, make it default then delete the autogenerated one

hollow steeple Mar 24, 2025, 2:31 AM

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but I'm new so I'm using the current Overview to get inspired as I connect things

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Yeah... but it's the BEST TV card i have 😅

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I have other Dashboards, so I do know how to manage those

indigo forge Mar 24, 2025, 2:32 AM

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ok lets see if you have multiple entities for the tv in the entities list

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settings - devices and services - entites tab

hollow steeple Mar 24, 2025, 2:33 AM

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Yep

indigo forge Mar 24, 2025, 2:33 AM

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put in the search box media_player

hollow steeple Mar 24, 2025, 2:34 AM

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top one give me the preview closest to the auto card:

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ok

indigo forge Mar 24, 2025, 2:35 AM

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the 2nd one on the screenshot there is a remote enitty not a media_player

hollow steeple Mar 24, 2025, 2:35 AM

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👍

indigo forge Mar 24, 2025, 2:36 AM

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just want to see if there is multiple media players for the tv on the full entity list

hollow steeple Mar 24, 2025, 2:37 AM

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search "media"

indigo forge Mar 24, 2025, 2:37 AM

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right here we are

hollow steeple Mar 24, 2025, 2:37 AM

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i think the first one is not set up correctly and maybe can be disregarded?

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or it's because the tv is not on

indigo forge Mar 24, 2025, 2:38 AM

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you see the tv has 2 media players. one from samsung and one from dlna

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the card that you set up thaat doesnt look right is using the dnla one instead of the samsung one

hollow steeple Mar 24, 2025, 2:38 AM

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yep... i connected them a day between... first samsung, then the media player dlna... which resulted in the two auto cards shown above, in that order

indigo forge Mar 24, 2025, 2:39 AM

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hollow steeple

this

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is the wong one

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the dnla one will probably only be active when the TV is "on" but the samsung one will be on in "standby" so it can switch it on

hollow steeple Mar 24, 2025, 2:40 AM

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yup

hollow steeple Mar 24, 2025, 2:40 AM

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hollow steeple

Yep, this is the one i'm trying to recreate

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When TV is on... there's a volume slider and there's also a dropdown with quick access to apps etc

indigo forge Mar 24, 2025, 2:41 AM

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click on this one

hollow steeple Mar 24, 2025, 2:41 AM

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but when i do add to dashboard, i get these very dumbed down suggestions

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done

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indigo forge Mar 24, 2025, 2:41 AM

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then the cog

hollow steeple Mar 24, 2025, 2:41 AM

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yup

indigo forge Mar 24, 2025, 2:42 AM

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then on the entity ID hit the copy button

hollow steeple Mar 24, 2025, 2:42 AM

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done

indigo forge Mar 24, 2025, 2:42 AM

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so thats media_player.tv_living_room right?

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this is the entity you want in the card

hollow steeple Mar 24, 2025, 2:42 AM

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correct!

indigo forge Mar 24, 2025, 2:43 AM

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go to the new dashboard you added the card to and open the card editor

hollow steeple Mar 24, 2025, 2:43 AM

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I believe so, to 99% certainty 😅

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ok

tacit shuttle Mar 24, 2025, 2:43 AM

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If you want the yaml for an autogenerated dashboard, just take control of it and then you'll get a copy

indigo forge Mar 24, 2025, 2:43 AM

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tacit shuttle If you want the yaml for an autogenerated dashboard, just take control of it and...

1 problem at a time, 😛

hollow steeple Mar 24, 2025, 2:43 AM

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tacit shuttle If you want the yaml for an autogenerated dashboard, just take control of it and...

I'll take control eventually, but I'm new so i'm postponing, using it as inspiration for now... but good suggetions down the line

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hehe

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"stick with me" 😄

hollow steeple Mar 24, 2025, 2:45 AM

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indigo forge go to the new dashboard you added the card to and open the card editor

Hold on, I just copied the ID... didn't add anything?

indigo forge Mar 24, 2025, 2:45 AM

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when adding/editing the card you can comfirm which enity its using in code editor

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so it should look like that (but it will work obviously because you have the entity and i dont)

hollow steeple Mar 24, 2025, 2:45 AM

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ok, gotcha.... just a sec

indigo forge Mar 24, 2025, 2:46 AM

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then it should look correct and be able to switch on the tv

hollow steeple Mar 24, 2025, 2:46 AM

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indigo forge Mar 24, 2025, 2:47 AM

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no thats a tile card

hollow steeple Mar 24, 2025, 2:47 AM

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indigo forge Mar 24, 2025, 2:47 AM

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replace the entire box with

entity: media_player.tv_living_room

hollow steeple Mar 24, 2025, 2:47 AM

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ok

indigo forge Mar 24, 2025, 2:48 AM

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that will make it a media control card that points at the correct entity

hollow steeple Mar 24, 2025, 2:48 AM

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BOOOM!

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yeah, both suggestions that get added from the device are TV and remote, as tiles

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This is what I see now, after changing....

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indigo forge Mar 24, 2025, 2:50 AM

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hollow steeple

you were close before when you had this. but it was pointing at the dnla integration entity instead of the samsung integration entity

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when the tv is on they are probably functionally simalar but the dnla disables when the tv is "off" but the samsung one stays active so you can use it to switch on the tv

hollow steeple Mar 24, 2025, 2:51 AM

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indeed...

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funky

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but hopefully this'll work

indigo forge Mar 24, 2025, 2:52 AM

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sometimes you get multiple entites for the same function and you have to get the right one or it doesnt work right. its something you will leearn

hollow steeple Mar 24, 2025, 2:53 AM

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good to know. Yeah, eentually i'll get the hang of HA terminology and approaches. Most of it has been fairly straight forward, but this one really puzzled me. Also because I couldn't peak under the hood on the auto generated card. That would have given me something to run with immediately

indigo forge Mar 24, 2025, 2:54 AM

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yeah as was said above by karwosts. you can take control of the autogenerated card when your ready. i forget how but i am sure you can find it

hollow steeple Mar 24, 2025, 2:54 AM

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Apoligies if I've been fuzzy in using correct terminology, I hope it wasn't too frustrating 😄

indigo forge Mar 24, 2025, 2:55 AM

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its fine, as long as you have learned something and its easier next time

hollow steeple Mar 24, 2025, 2:55 AM

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i definitely have, and I'll pay it forward 👍 Thank you!

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Is one supposed to mark this thread as "solved" somehow?

indigo forge Mar 24, 2025, 2:57 AM

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its been marked as resolved

hollow steeple Mar 24, 2025, 2:57 AM

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how does one do that?

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ah, edit tags

indigo forge Mar 24, 2025, 2:57 AM

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you add the tag to the post, i have mod on the support channels so i can do it

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good luck!

#How can I re-create this card?