How do I create a simple on/off for all my Hue devices?

[thin garnet]

Hi

I've been trying for weeks to find out how to create a button that switches my eniter home on/off, but I don't understand where or how to do this. I tried asking AI and it told me to create a "helper" with "light groups", but that don't exist. And I don't understand the official HA guides, they are very code-y and triggers my apathic "code dyslexia". I feel like a five year old again, asking for basic help it's embarrassing. Any idea how I can do this?

Also as a sidenote, I don't want to be in the Hue echosystem anymore, I see where they are going with their subscription and new forced TOS and threaten to not let me use my lights if I don't hit accept. I may want to pair all of my bulbs to my zigbee dongle, but that's a whole new ballgame I don't want to touch right now - but if anyone has tips for this aswell, I'm all ears.

[bitter cedar]

a light group is indeed the way to go to be able to send command to multiple at the same time easily.
you go to the helper tab of devices and services HERE
then create helper in bottom right
select group --> light group
then you can add member lights.
then you can call light.turn_off on the group entity and it will turn off all member lights

[thin garnet]

Ahhh thank you!! There it was! Very much appreciated. Do you know if HA supports the Scenes of Philips Hue as import presets that are stored in the HA Green instead of relying on the Bridge? Thinking about the future when I trash the Bridge eventually.