2026.1: Home is where the dashboard is 🥂
www.home-assistant.io
Refreshed Home dashboard on mobile, more purpose-specific triggers, easier access to protocol dashboards, eight new integrations, and more!
  • KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    2·
    22 days ago

    Yeah I’m skipping this one. I have curated and locked down mobile dashboards for certain users, and skipping them so replace with full access dashboards kinda defeats the purpose of me giving them limited access.

    I’m getting kinda tired of the assumption that all users should have equal access to controlling entities.

    • warm@kbin.earth
      1·
      22 days ago

      Home Assistant is one of them that you think will do the simple task you want it to, but despite its large set of features, it misses the basic ones. The dashboard system is awful, it could be so simple.

    • thehatfox@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      1·
      22 days ago

      A proper permissions system for entities has long been one of my most desired features for Home Assistant. It should be possible to set visibility and control for each entity and user.

      Trying to do control access via dashboards as always seems the wrong way around to me.

      • Lyra_Lycan@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        0·
        22 days ago

        For me I’ve experimented with restricted cards. For example, I have essentially a collapsed menu of controls for my PC, accessible only when a switch is toggled on, and the card with the switch is only visible to me.

            - type: conditional
      conditions:
        - condition: user
          users:
            - 9ecc550a1dc14e0a98071750a1673abc
      card:
        type: entities
        entities:
          - entity: switch.pc_admin_controls
            toggle: true
    - type: conditional
      conditions:
        - entity: switch.pc_admin_controls
          state_not: "off"
      card:
        type: grid
        columns: 4


        (Ignore that I haven’t fixed the yellow warning entities yet lol)

        • ikidd@lemmy.worldEnglish
          0·
          22 days ago

          That’s a good solution. What is your PC controls yaml if it isn’t too private?

          • Lyra_Lycan@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
            0·
            22 days ago

            Sorry, that would help wouldn’t it aha
            In templatesensors.yaml:

              - switch:
      unique_id: pc_admin_controls
      name: Admin Controls
      icon: mdi:shield-crown-outline
      turn_on: []
      turn_off: []

            I made it a while ago. I believe it could also be made in helpers UI now, in Settings > Devices and Services > Helpers > Create Helper > Toggle, and setting a name and icon, and saving. It’ll be input_boolean.switch_name and is functionally the same, as my conditional cards do the actions

  • ikidd@lemmy.worldEnglish
    0·
    22 days ago

    And more fucking shit in the left navbar that doesn’t belong there, I’d imagine.

    • CatLikeLemming@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      2·
      21 days ago

      I recently set up Home Assistant for the first time and I was super confused about the todo list there. It is the most barebones implementation of a todo list I have ever seen, yet it’s featured in the sidebar by default, like it’s super important. And then scripts and automations are in the settings menu?

      I could understand it if it was a proper todo list, with dates and priorities and repeating tasks and bonus points for a CalDAV Integration, but that one is downright pathetic.

      Still love the fact that HA exists, I am super happy about not being locked into any particular ecosystem, but some choices are very confusing to me.