diff --git a/src/common/dom/handle-click.ts b/src/common/dom/handle-click.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..99bd776524
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/dom/handle-click.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+import { HomeAssistant } from "../../types";
+import { LovelaceElementConfig } from "../../panels/lovelace/elements/types";
+import { fireEvent } from "../dom/fire_event.js";
+import { navigate } from "../../common/navigate";
+import toggleEntity from "../../../src/panels/lovelace/common/entity/toggle-entity";
+
+export const handleClick = (
+  node: HTMLElement,
+  hass: HomeAssistant,
+  config: LovelaceElementConfig,
+  hold: boolean
+): void => {
+  let action = config.tap_action || "more-info";
+
+  if (hold && config.hold_action) {
+    action = config.hold_action;
+  }
+
+  if (action === "none") {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  switch (action) {
+    case "more-info":
+      fireEvent(node, "hass-more-info", { entityId: config.entity });
+      break;
+    case "navigate":
+      navigate(node, config.navigation_path ? config.navigation_path : "");
+      break;
+    case "toggle":
+      toggleEntity(hass, config.entity);
+      break;
+    case "call-service": {
+      if (config.service) {
+        const [domain, service] = config.service.split(".", 2);
+        const serviceData = {
+          entity_id: config.entity,
+          ...config.service_data,
+        };
+        hass.callService(domain, service, serviceData);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+};
diff --git a/src/common/string/compute-tooltip.ts b/src/common/string/compute-tooltip.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4346e97234
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/string/compute-tooltip.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+import computeStateName from "../../common/entity/compute_state_name";
+import { HomeAssistant } from "../../types";
+import { LovelaceElementConfig } from "../../panels/lovelace/elements/types";
+
+export const computeTooltip = (
+  hass: HomeAssistant,
+  config: LovelaceElementConfig
+): string => {
+  if (config.title) {
+    return config.title;
+  }
+
+  let stateName = "";
+  let tooltip: string;
+
+  if (config.entity) {
+    stateName =
+      config.entity in hass.states
+        ? computeStateName(hass.states[config.entity])
+        : config.entity;
+  }
+
+  switch (config.tap_action) {
+    case "navigate":
+      tooltip = `Navigate to ${config.navigation_path}`;
+      break;
+    case "toggle":
+      tooltip = `Toggle ${stateName}`;
+      break;
+    case "call-service":
+      tooltip = `Call service ${config.service}`;
+      break;
+    default:
+      tooltip = `Show more-info: ${stateName}`;
+  }
+
+  return tooltip;
+};
diff --git a/src/panels/lovelace/common/create-hui-element.js b/src/panels/lovelace/common/create-hui-element.js
index e74985ca13..8394c12115 100644
--- a/src/panels/lovelace/common/create-hui-element.js
+++ b/src/panels/lovelace/common/create-hui-element.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import "../elements/hui-icon-element.js";
+import "../elements/hui-icon-element";
 import "../elements/hui-image-element.js";
 import "../elements/hui-service-button-element.js";
 import "../elements/hui-state-badge-element.js";
diff --git a/src/panels/lovelace/elements/hui-icon-element.js b/src/panels/lovelace/elements/hui-icon-element.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 5eb2bb2631..0000000000
--- a/src/panels/lovelace/elements/hui-icon-element.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-import { html } from "@polymer/polymer/lib/utils/html-tag.js";
-import { PolymerElement } from "@polymer/polymer/polymer-element.js";
-
-import "../../../components/ha-icon.js";
-
-import ElementClickMixin from "../mixins/element-click-mixin.js";
-import { longPressBind } from "../common/directives/long-press-directive";
-
-/*
- * @appliesMixin ElementClickMixin
- */
-class HuiIconElement extends ElementClickMixin(PolymerElement) {
-  static get template() {
-    return html`
-      <style>
-        :host {
-          cursor: pointer;
-        }
-      </style>
-      <ha-icon
-        icon="[[_config.icon]]"
-        title$="[[computeTooltip(hass, _config)]]"
-      ></ha-icon>
-    `;
-  }
-
-  static get properties() {
-    return {
-      hass: Object,
-      _config: Object,
-    };
-  }
-
-  ready() {
-    super.ready();
-    longPressBind(this);
-    this.addEventListener("ha-click", () =>
-      this.handleClick(this.hass, this._config, false)
-    );
-    this.addEventListener("ha-hold", () =>
-      this.handleClick(this.hass, this._config, true)
-    );
-  }
-
-  setConfig(config) {
-    if (!config || !config.icon) {
-      throw Error("Error in element configuration");
-    }
-
-    this._config = config;
-  }
-}
-customElements.define("hui-icon-element", HuiIconElement);
diff --git a/src/panels/lovelace/elements/hui-icon-element.ts b/src/panels/lovelace/elements/hui-icon-element.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..00c291a0c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/panels/lovelace/elements/hui-icon-element.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+import { html, LitElement } from "@polymer/lit-element";
+
+import "../../../components/ha-icon.js";
+
+import { computeTooltip } from "../../../common/string/compute-tooltip";
+import { handleClick } from "../../../common/dom/handle-click";
+import { longPress } from "../common/directives/long-press-directive";
+import { hassLocalizeLitMixin } from "../../../mixins/lit-localize-mixin";
+import { LovelaceElement, LovelaceElementConfig } from "./types.js";
+import { HomeAssistant } from "../../../types.js";
+import { TemplateResult } from "lit-html";
+
+interface Config extends LovelaceElementConfig {
+  icon: string;
+}
+
+export class HuiIconElement extends hassLocalizeLitMixin(LitElement)
+  implements LovelaceElement {
+  public hass?: HomeAssistant;
+  private _config?: Config;
+
+  static get properties() {
+    return { hass: {}, _config: {} };
+  }
+
+  public setConfig(config: Config): void {
+    if (!config.icon) {
+      throw Error("Invalid Configuration: 'icon' required");
+    }
+
+    this._config = config;
+  }
+
+  protected render(): TemplateResult {
+    if (!this._config) {
+      return html``;
+    }
+
+    return html`
+      ${this.renderStyle()}
+      <ha-icon
+        .icon="${this._config.icon}"
+        .title="${computeTooltip(this.hass!, this._config)}"
+        @ha-click="${() => handleClick(this, this.hass!, this._config!, false)}"
+        @ha-hold="${() => handleClick(this, this.hass!, this._config!, true)}"
+        .longPress="${longPress()}"
+      ></ha-icon>
+    `;
+  }
+
+  private renderStyle(): TemplateResult {
+    return html`
+      <style>
+        :host {
+          cursor: pointer;
+        }
+      </style>
+    `;
+  }
+}
+
+declare global {
+  interface HTMLElementTagNameMap {
+    "hui-icon-element": HuiIconElement;
+  }
+}
+
+customElements.define("hui-icon-element", HuiIconElement);
diff --git a/src/panels/lovelace/elements/types.ts b/src/panels/lovelace/elements/types.ts
index 7b8b2c59cd..105ac3d2d9 100644
--- a/src/panels/lovelace/elements/types.ts
+++ b/src/panels/lovelace/elements/types.ts
@@ -2,8 +2,14 @@ import { HomeAssistant } from "../../../types";
 
 export interface LovelaceElementConfig {
   type: string;
-  entity?: string;
   style: object;
+  entity?: string;
+  hold_action?: string;
+  navigation_path?: string;
+  service?: string;
+  service_data?: object;
+  tap_action?: string;
+  title?: string;
 }
 
 export interface LovelaceElement extends HTMLElement {