Button card

Lovelace Button card for your entities.

Features

• works with any toggleable entity
• 3 actions on tap toggle, more_info and service
• state display (optional)
• custom color for on and off state (optional)
• custom state definition with customizable color (optional)
• custom size (optional)
• custom icon (optional)
• custom css style (optional)
• automatic color for light (optional)
• custom default color for lights (when color cannot be determined) (optional)
• 2 color types
  • icon : apply color settings to the icon only
  • card : apply color settings to the card only
• automatic font color if color_type is set to card
• support unit of measurement
• blank card and label card (for organization)
• support for custom_updater

Options

Name	Type	Default	Supported options	Description
type	string	Required	custom:button-card	Type of the card
entity	string	Required	switch.ac	entity_id
icon	string	optional	mdi:air-conditioner | attribute	Icon to display in place of the state. If you use attribute it will fetch the icon configured on the entity.
color_type	string	icon	icon | card | blank-card | label-card	Color either the background of the card or the icon inside the card. Setting this to card enable automatic font and icon color. This allows the text/icon to be readable even if the background color is bright/dark. Additional color-type options blank-card and label-card can be used for organisation (see examples).
color	string	var(--primary-text-color)	auto | rgb(28, 128, 199)	Color of the icon/card when state is on. auto sets the color based on the color of a light.
color_off	string	var(--disabled-text-color)	rgb(28, 128, 199)	Color of the icon/card when state is off.
size	string	40%	20px	Size of the icon. Can be percentage or pixel
action	string	toggle	toggle | more_info | service	Define the type of action
service	Object	optional	See example section	Service to call and service data when action is set to service
name	string	optional	Air conditioner	Define an optional text to show below the icon
show_state	boolean	false	true | false	Show the state on the card. defaults to false if not set
style	object	optional	- text-transform: none	Define a list of css attribute and their value to apply to the card
state	list	optional	See example section	State to use for the color of the button. Multiple states can be defined

Instructions

1. Download the button-card
2. Place the file in your config/www folder
3. Include the card code in your ui-lovelace-card.yaml

title: Home
resources:
  - url: /local/button-card.js
    type: module

4. Write configuration for the card in your ui-lovelace.yaml

---

To configure custom_updater with button-card

custom_updater:
  card_urls:
    - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kuuji/button-card/master/tracker.json

Examples

More examples in here

Show a button for the air conditioner (blue when on):

- type: "custom:button-card"
  entity: switch.ac
  icon: mdi:air-conditioner
  color: rgb(28, 128, 199)

---

Show an ON/OFF button for the home_lights group:

- type: "custom:button-card"
  entity: group.home_lights
  show_state: true

---

Light entity with custom icon and "more info" pop-in:

- type: "custom:button-card"
  entity: light.living_room_lights
  icon: mdi:sofa
  color: auto
  action: more_info

---

Light card with card color type, name, and automatic color:

- type: "custom:button-card"
  entity: light._
  icon: mdi:home
  color: auto
  color_type: card
  default_color: rgb(255, 233, 155)
  action: more_info
  name: Home
  style:
    - font-size: 12px
    - font-weight: bold

---

Horizontal stack with :

• 2x blank cards
• 1x volume up button with service call
• 1x volume down button with service call
• 2x blank cards

- type: horizontal-stack
  cards:
    - type: "custom:button-card"
      color_type: blank-card
    - type: "custom:button-card"
      color_type: blank-card
    - type: "custom:button-card"
      color_type: card
      color: rgb(223, 255, 97)
      icon: mdi:volume-plus
      action: service
      service:
        domain: media_player
        action: volume_up
        data:
          entity_id: media_player.livimg_room_speaker
    - type: "custom:button-card"
      color_type: card
      color: rgb(223, 255, 97)
      icon: mdi:volume-minus
      action: service
      service:
        domain: media_player
        action: volume_down
        data:
          entity_id: media_player.livimg_room_speaker
    - type: "custom:button-card"
      color_type: blank-card
    - type: "custom:button-card"
      color_type: blank-card

---

Vertical Stack with :

• 1x label card
• Horizontal Stack with :
  • 1x Scene 1 Button
  • 1x Scene 2 Button
  • 1x Scene 3 Button
  • 1x Scene 4 Button
  • 1x Scene Off Button

- type: vertical-stack
  cards:
    - type: "custom:button-card"
      color_type: label-card
      color: rgb(44, 109, 214)
      name: Kitchen
    - type: horizontal-stack
      cards:
        - type: "custom:button-card"
          entity: switch.kitchen_scene_1
          color_type: card
          color: rgb(66, 134, 244)
          icon: mdi:numeric-1-box-outline
        - type: "custom:button-card"
          entity: switch.kitchen_scene_2
          color_type: card
          color: rgb(66, 134, 244)
          icon: mdi:numeric-2-box-outline
        - type: "custom:button-card"
          entity: switch.kitchen_scene_3
          color_type: card
          color: rgb(66, 134, 244)
          icon: mdi:numeric-3-box-outline
        - type: "custom:button-card"
          entity: switch.kitchen_scene_4
          color_type: card
          color: rgb(66, 134, 244)
          icon: mdi:numeric-4-box-outline
        - type: "custom:button-card"
          entity: switch.kitchen_off
          color_type: card
          color: rgb(66, 134, 244)
          icon: mdi:eye-off-outline

Input select card with select next service and custom color for states.

              - type: "custom:button-card"
                entity: input_select.cube_mode
                icon: mdi:cube
                action: service
                show_state: true
                state:
                  - value: 'sleeping'
                    color: var(--disabled-text-color)
                  - value: 'media'
                    color: rgb(5, 147, 255)
                  - value: 'light'
                    color: rgb(189, 255, 5)

Credits

• ciotlosm for the readme template and the awesome examples