From a5c03670a78232b3b6e9af1f80d9ac6b9ee78b5a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Bottein <paul.bottein@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2025 18:00:34 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Use empty string for no name instead of empty array for name

---
 src/components/entity/ha-entity-name-picker.ts | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/components/entity/ha-entity-name-picker.ts b/src/components/entity/ha-entity-name-picker.ts
index f39d714bdd..fbd60b5919 100644
--- a/src/components/entity/ha-entity-name-picker.ts
+++ b/src/components/entity/ha-entity-name-picker.ts
@@ -288,7 +288,10 @@ export class HaEntityNamePicker extends LitElement {
 
   private _toItems = memoizeOne((value?: typeof this.value) => {
     if (typeof value === "string") {
-      return [{ type: "text", text: value } as const];
+      if (value === "") {
+        return [];
+      }
+      return [{ type: "text", text: value } satisfies EntityNameItem];
     }
     return value ? ensureArray(value) : [];
   });
@@ -296,7 +299,7 @@ export class HaEntityNamePicker extends LitElement {
   private _toValue = memoizeOne(
     (items: EntityNameItem[]): typeof this.value => {
       if (items.length === 0) {
-        return [];
+        return "";
       }
       if (items.length === 1) {
         const item = items[0];