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Some cards have support for tap actions. These actions define what will happen when you tap or hold on an object within a card.

Actions can be enabled on the following cards:

Tap action

Action that will be performed when an object on a card is tapped.

tap_action:
  action: toggle

Configuration Variables

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tap_action map (Optional)

Action taken on tap.

action string Required

Action to perform (more-info, toggle, perform-action, navigate, url, assist, none)

Default:

toggle (some cards overwrite default to more-info if the provided entity cannot be toggled)

navigation_path string (Optional, default: none)

Path to navigate to (e.g., /lovelace/0/) when the action is defined as navigate

navigation_replace boolean (Optional, default: none)

Whether to replace the current page in the the history with the new URL when the action is defined as navigate

url_path string (Optional, default: none)

Path to navigate to (e.g., https://www.home-assistant.io) when the action is defined as url

perform_action string (Optional, default: none)

Action to perform (e.g., media_player.media_play_pause) when the action is defined as perform-action

data string (Optional, default: none)

Action data to include (e.g., brightness: 100) when the action is defined as perform-action

target string (Optional, default: none)

Action target to user (e.g., entity_id: media_player.bedroom) when the action is defined as perform-action

confirmation boolean | map (Optional, default: false)

Present a confirmation dialog to confirm the action. See confirmation object below

pipeline_id string (Optional, default: last_used)

Assist pipeline to use when the action is defined as assist. It can be either last_used, preferred, or a pipeline id.

start_listening boolean (Optional, default: none)

If supported, listen for voice commands when opening the assist dialog and the action is defined as assist

entity string (Optional, default: none)

Overrides the default entity to show when the action is defined as more-info

Hold action

Action that will be performed when an object on a card is tapped, held for at least half a second and then released. Action will only be triggered once, not continuously during hold.

hold_action:
  action: toggle

Configuration Variables

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hold_action map (Optional)

Action taken on tap-and-hold

action string Required, default: more-info

Action to perform (more-info, toggle, perform-action, navigate, url, assist, none)

navigation_path string (Optional, default: none)

Path to navigate to (e.g., /lovelace/0/) when the action is defined as navigate

navigation_replace boolean (Optional, default: none)

Whether to replace the current page in the the history with the new URL when the action is defined as navigate

url_path string (Optional, default: none)

Path to navigate to (e.g., https://www.home-assistant.io) when the action is defined as url

perform_action string (Optional, default: none)

Action to perform (e.g., media_player.media_play_pause) when the action is defined as perform-action

data string (Optional, default: none)

Action data to include (e.g., brightness: 100) when the action is defined as perform-action

target string (Optional, default: none)

Action target to user (e.g., entity_id: media_player.bedroom) when the action is defined as perform-action

confirmation boolean | map (Optional, default: false)

Present a confirmation dialog to confirm the action. See confirmation object below

pipeline_id string (Optional, default: none)

Assist pipeline id to use when the action is defined as assist

start_listening boolean (Optional, default: none)

If supported, listen for voice commands when opening the assist dialog and the action is defined as assist

entity string (Optional, default: none)

Overrides the default entity to show when the action is defined as more-info

Double tap action

Action that will be performed when an object on a card is double-tapped.

double_tap_action:
  action: toggle

Configuration Variables

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double_tap_action map (Optional)

Action taken on double tap

action string Required, default: more-info

Action to perform (more-info, toggle, perform-action, navigate, url, assist, none)

navigation_path string (Optional, default: none)

Path to navigate to (e.g., /lovelace/0/) when the action is defined as navigate

navigation_replace boolean (Optional, default: none)

Whether to replace the current page in the the history with the new URL when the action is defined as navigate

url_path string (Optional, default: none)

Path to navigate to (e.g., https://www.home-assistant.io) when the action is defined as url

perform_action string (Optional, default: none)

Action to perform (e.g., media_player.media_play_pause) when the action is defined as perform-action

data string (Optional, default: none)

Action data to include (e.g., brightness: 100) when the action is defined as perform-action

target string (Optional, default: none)

Action target to user (e.g., entity_id: media_player.bedroom) when the action is defined as perform-action

confirmation boolean | map (Optional, default: false)

Present a confirmation dialog to confirm the action. See confirmation object below

pipeline_id string (Optional, default: none)

Assist pipeline id to use when the action is defined as assist

start_listening boolean (Optional, default: none)

If supported, listen for voice commands when opening the assist dialog and the action is defined as assist

entity string (Optional, default: none)

Overrides the default entity to show when the action is defined as more-info

Options for confirmation

If you define confirmation as an object instead of boolean, you can add more customization and configurations.

double_tap_action:
  action: perform-action
  confirmation:
    text: Are you sure you want to restart?
  perform_action: script.restart
hold_action:
  action: perform-action
  confirmation: true
  perform_action: script.do_other_thing

Configuration Variables

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text string (Optional)

Text to present in the confirmation dialog.

exemptions list (Optional)

List of exemption objects. See below

Options for exemptions

Configuration Variables

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user string Required

User ID for which the confirmation dialog will not be shown.

double_tap_action:
  action: perform-action
  confirmation:
    text: Are you sure you want to restart?
    exemptions:
      - user: x9405b8c64ee49bb88c42000e0a9dfa8
      - user: 88bcfbdc39155d16c3b2d09cbf8b0367
  perform_action: script.restart

Examples

Tap action implemented on an entity button card:

type: button
tap_action:
  action: toggle
hold_action:
  action: more-info

Limitations

It is not possible to use templates for actions. But calling a script is a good alternative.

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