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Picture Glance Card

The Picture Glance card shows an image and corresponding entity states as an icon. The entities on the right side allow toggle actions, others show the more information dialog.

Picture glance card for a living room Picture glance card for a living room.

To add the Picture Glance card to your user interface, click the menu (three dots at the top right of the screen) and then Edit Dashboard. Click the Add Card button in the bottom right corner and select from the card picker.

YAML Configuration

The following YAML options are available when you use YAML mode or just prefer to use YAML in the Code Editor in the UI.

Configuration Variables

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type string Required

picture-glance

entities list Required

List of entities or entity objects.

title string (Optional)

The card title.

image string (Optional)

Background image URL.

camera_image string (Optional)

Camera entity as Background image.

camera_view string (Optional, default: auto)

“live” will show the live view if stream is enabled.

state_image map (Optional)

Background image based on entity state.

state string (Optional)

state: image-url, check the example below.

state_filter map (Optional)

State-based CSS filters

aspect_ratio string (Optional)

Forces the height of the image to be a ratio of the width. Valid formats: Height percentage value (23%) or ratio expressed with colon or “x” separator (16:9 or 16x9). For a ratio, the second element can be omitted and will default to “1” (1.78 equals 1.78:1).

entity string (Optional)

Entity to use for state_image and state_filter.

show_state boolean (Optional, default: false)

Show entity state text.

theme string (Optional)

Override the used theme for this card with any loaded theme. For more information about themes, see the frontend documentation.

tap_action map (Optional)

Action taken on card tap. See action documentation.

hold_action map (Optional)

Action taken on card tap and hold. See action documentation.

double_tap_action map (Optional)

Action taken on card double tap. See action documentation.

Options For Entities

If you define entities as objects instead of strings, you can add more customization and configuration:

Configuration Variables

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entity string Required

Entity ID.

attribute string (Optional)

Attribute of the entity to display instead of the state.

prefix string (Optional)

Prefix to display before the attribute’s value.

suffix string (Optional)

Suffix to display after the attribute’s value.

icon string (Optional)

Overwrites default icon.

show_state boolean (Optional, default: true)

Show entity state text.

tap_action map (Optional)

Action taken on card tap. See action documentation.

hold_action map (Optional)

Action taken on card tap and hold. See action documentation.

double_tap_action map (Optional)

Action taken on card double tap. See action documentation.

Options For Exemptions

Configuration Variables

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user string Required

User ID that can see the view tab.

How to use state_filter

Specify different CSS filters

state_filter:
  "on": brightness(110%) saturate(1.2)
  "off": brightness(50%) hue-rotate(45deg)
entity: switch.decorative_lights

Examples

type: picture-glance
title: Living room
entities:
  - switch.decorative_lights
  - light.ceiling_lights
  - lock.front_door
  - binary_sensor.movement_backyard
  - binary_sensor.basement_floor_wet
image: /local/living_room.png

Display a camera image as background:

type: picture-glance
title: Living room
entities:
  - switch.decorative_lights
  - light.ceiling_lights
camera_image: camera.demo_camera

Display a camera image without additional entities:

type: picture-glance
title: Front garden
entities: []
camera_image: camera.front_garden_camera

Use different images based on entity state:

type: picture-glance
title: Living room
entities:
  - switch.decorative_lights
  - light.ceiling_lights
state_image:
  "on": /local/living_room_on.png
  "off": /local/living_room_off.png
entity: group.living.room