diff --git a/source/dashboards/views.markdown b/source/dashboards/views.markdown index 27362646c87..30405a85324 100644 --- a/source/dashboards/views.markdown +++ b/source/dashboards/views.markdown @@ -193,7 +193,69 @@ Set a separate [theme](/integrations/frontend/#themes) for the view and its card You can style the background of your views with a [theme](/integrations/frontend/#themes). You can use the CSS variable `lovelace-background`. For wallpapers you probably want to use the example below, more options can be found [here](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/background). -### Example +### View-specific background settings + +**Image** - Sets the background image to use behind the view: + - **Upload picture** lets you pick an image from the system used to show your Home Assistant UI. + - **Local path** lets you pick an image stored on Home Assistant. For example: `/homeassistant/images/lights_view_background_image.jpg`. + - To store an image on Home Assistant, you need to [configure access to files](/common-tasks/os/#configuring-access-to-files), for example via [Samba](/common-tasks/os/#installing-and-using-the-samba-add-on) or the [Studio Code Server](/common-tasks/os/#installing-and-using-the-visual-studio-code-vsc-add-on) add-on. + - **web URL** let you pick an image from the web. For example `https://www.home-assistant.io/images/frontpage/assist_wake_word.png`. + +{% configuration views %} +background: + required: false + description: Customize the view's background with options for image, transparency, size, alignment, repeat, and attachment. + type: map + keys: + image: + required: false + description: Sets the background image to use behind the view. + type: string + opacity: + required: false + description: Adjust the background's opacity, from fully opaque to transparent. + type: integer + default: 100 + size: + required: false + description: Choose how the background fits the space. Defaults to the original picture size, fill view (`cover` in YAML) fills the view with cropping if necessary and fits view (`contain` in YAML) fits the image within the view, maintaining aspect ratio. + type: string + default: auto + alignment: + required: false + description: Precisely position the background. Valid options can be anything between top left and bottom right, with center being the default. + type: string + default: center + repeat: + required: false + description: Controls whether the background repeats across the view. Repeating is useful when a tiled background is being used. + type: string + default: no-repeat + attachment: + required: false + description: Controls whether a background image's position is fixed within the view, or scrolls. + type: string + default: scroll +{% endconfiguration %} + +#### Example + +```yaml +# Example background section in view yaml +background: + image: /local/background.png + opacity: 50 # any percentage between 0 and 100 + size: auto # auto, cover, contain + alignment: center # top left, top center, top right, center left, center, center right, bottom left, bottom center, bottom right + repeat: no-repeat # repeat, no-repeat + attachment: scroll # scroll, fixed +``` + +### Background theme variable + +You can style the background of all your views with a [theme](/integrations/frontend/#themes). You can use the CSS variable `lovelace-background`. For wallpapers you probably want to use the example below, more options can be found [here](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/background). + +#### Example ```yaml # Example configuration.yaml entry