Views

A view is a tab inside a dashboard. For example, the screenshot below shows a separate view for lights on the Overview dashboard.

A lights view tab on the Overview dashboard

Views control the layout.

The three basic view layouts: panel, sidebar, and masonry

There are four different view types:

• Panel: Displays one card in full width. For example a map or an image.
• Sidebar: Arranges cards in 2 columns, a wide one and a smaller one on the right.
• Masonry (default): Arranges cards in columns based on their card size.
• Sections (experimental): Arranges cards in a grid system and lets you group them in sections.

It is currently not possible to migrate your dashboard from one view type into another. For example, if you have a dashboard in masonry view, and want it in sections view, you need to create a new view.

Adding a view to a dashboard

1. To add a view to your user interface, in the top right corner, select the pencil icon.

2. Select the + button in the top menu bar.

   

3. Define the view settings:

   • If you want a view title, enter the Title.
   • If you want to see an icon, select the icon.
     • Note: If an icon is defined, the title text only shows as a tooltip.
     • We use Material icons.
   • Select the view type.

   

4. On the Badges tab, add badges, if any.

   • Note that the sidebar and panel views do not support badges.

5. If this view should not be visible for some users, on the Visibility tab, disable the view for those users.

Path

You can link to one view from a card in another view when using cards that support navigation (navigation_path). The string supplied here will be appended to the string /lovelace/ to create the path to the view. Do not use special characters in paths. Do not begin a path with a number. This will cause the parser to read your path as a view index.

Example

View configuration:

- title: Living room
  # the final path is /lovelace/living_room
  path: living_room

Picture card configuration:

- type: picture
  image: /local/living_room.png
  tap_action:
    action: navigate
    navigation_path: /lovelace/living_room

View icon

If you define a view icon, the icon instead of the title will be displayed, the title will then be used as a tool-tip.

Example

- title: Garden
  icon: mdi:flower

Visible

You can specify the visibility of views as a whole or per-user. (Note: This is only for the display of the tabs. The URL path is still accessible)

Example

views:
  - title: Ian
    visible:
      - user: 581fca7fdc014b8b894519cc531f9a04
    cards:
      ...
  - title: Chelsea
    visible:
      - user: 6e690cc4e40242d2ab14cf38f1882ee6
    cards:
      ...
  - title: Admin
    visible: db34e025e5c84b70968f6530823b117f
    cards:
      ...

Options for visible objects

If you define visible as objects instead of a boolean to specify conditions for displaying the view tab:

Type

You can change the layout of a view by using a different view type. The default is masonry.

Example

- title: Map
  type: panel
  cards:
    - type: map
      entities:
        - device_tracker.demo_paulus
        - zone.home

Theme

Set a separate theme for the view and its cards.

Example

- title: Home
  theme: happy

Background

You can style the background of your views with a theme. You can use the CSS variable lovelace-background. For wallpapers you probably want to use the example below, more options can be found here.

Example

# Example configuration.yaml entry
frontend:
  themes:
    example:
      lovelace-background: center / cover no-repeat url("/local/background.png") fixed

Subview

A “View” can be marked as “Subview”. Subviews won’t show up in the navigation bar on top of the sidebar. Subviews can, for instance, be used to show detailed information; you could link to this subview from a page with a clean look with only basic information (by using cards that support the navigate action). Think of a view with a few thermostats and a subview with status information on the heating/cooling device.

When on the subview, the navigation bar only shows the name of the subview and a back button (no icon is shown). By default, clicking on back button will navigate to the previous view but a custom back path (back_path) can be set.

You can access subviews from other parts of your dashboard by using cards that support the navigate action.

Example

Simple subview:

- title: Map
  subview: true

Subview with custom back path:

- title: Map
  subview: true
  back_path: /lovelace/home

Example

View configuration:

- title: Living room
  badges:
    - device_tracker.demo_paulus
    - entity: light.ceiling_lights
      name: Ceiling Lights
      icon: mdi:bulb
    - entity: switch.decorative_lights
      image: /local/lights.png

Subview configuration:

- title: "Energieprijzen"
  path: "energieprijzen"
  subview: true
  back_path: "/ui-data/climate"

  cards:
    - type: entities
      entities:
        - sensor.today_avg_price

Related topics

• Masonry view
• Panel view
• Sidebar view
• Sections view
• About dashboards
• Adding cards to a view