#Area Dashboards Changed?

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kind notch
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Hi all, I was setting up a new wall-mounted iPad with a custom dashboard, and had everything set up using the new Areas layout. Today was literally the day I was going to screw things to the wall and show it off to my family, who has been wanting a way to control devices without needing their phones, or for guests to do so.

This morning, I updated HA to a new version (I was a few versions behind, but not horrible behind) and the dashboard COMPLETELY changed (on all devices and via a web browser, so I know this is a server-side change). All the entities I had set up are still there, but instead of laying everything out so I could see them, now it just shows a list of rooms that has to be opened before you can adjust an individual device. The new layout is useless for my needs, the whole point of a dashboard is to show everything you NEED to see, ready to take action on key items with a single tap. Is there a way to get back to the old view, that I'm not seeing? Or do I need to bite the bullet and design something new from scratch?

I liked the idea of an autogenerated dashboard but if simple server updates are going to tank a painstaking design (which in this scenario should never change unless I explicitly want to change it), this isn't going to work out the way I hoped. 😦

south jasper
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In 2025.7 and 2025.6 some changes were made to the experimental Areas Dashboard based upon user feedback.
When it was released in 2025.4, they said "Please note that this is experimental, meaning it is subject to change and may not always work as intended."