Group

Groups allow the user to combine multiple entities into one. A group can be promoted to a view by setting the view option to yes. This will make the group available as a new tab in the frontend.

Check the Set State page from the Developer Tools and browse the Current entities: listing for all available entities.

# Example configuration.yaml entry
group:
  # If you name an entry default_view it will REPLACE the contents of the "Home" tab
  default_view:
    view: yes
    entities:
      - group.awesome_people
      - group.climate

  kitchen:
    name: Kitchen
    entities:
      - switch.kitchen_pin_3
  upstairs:
    name: Kids
    icon: mdi:account-multiple
    view: yes
    entities:
      - input_boolean.notify_home
      - camera.demo_camera
      - device_tracker.demo_paulus
      - group.garden

Configuration variables:

• name (Optional): Name of the group.
• icon (Optional): An optional icon to show in the Frontend.
• view (Optional): If yes then the entry will be shown as a view.
• entities array or comma delimited string (Required): List of entites to group.

Example of groups shown as views in the frontend.

If all entities are switches or lights they can be controlled as one with a switch at the top of the card. Grouped states should share the same type of states (ON/OFF or HOME/NOT_HOME).

# Example configuration.yaml entry
group:
  living_room:
    - light.bowl
    - light.ceiling
    - light.tv_back_light
  children: device_tracker.child_1, device_tracker.child_2