diff --git a/source/_posts/2020-02-05-release-105.markdown b/source/_posts/2020-02-05-release-105.markdown index 151e679ce10..a35362dfe5a 100644 --- a/source/_posts/2020-02-05-release-105.markdown +++ b/source/_posts/2020-02-05-release-105.markdown @@ -115,8 +115,17 @@ A change that is not really apparent at first, but you probably notice it sooner The entities card no longer changes the colors of icons based on states, except for lights. -If you would like the old behavior back or want to disable it for lights too, you can do so with the option `state_color`. -Other cards still show colors for states, and we added this functionality for a lot more entity types (domains). +Reasoning comes from a request, to make icons to become yellow for all types when an entity is active, and not for just a few entity types. However, this would get out of control very quickly, as shown in the screenshot below. + +

+Yellow icon color on everything, isn't the solution either +Yellow icon color on everything, isn't the solution either. +

+ +So, that is why we disabled it, by default, for all entity types, except lights. However, we did add a new option: `state_color`. +Using this option, you can decide if you want to old behavior back, add it to more entity types or maybe even disable it for lights too! + +Other cards will now display icons from more domains with an active color. ## Other Lovelace and frontend improvements diff --git a/source/images/blog/2020-02-0.105/out-of-control.png b/source/images/blog/2020-02-0.105/out-of-control.png new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..e856dd5fc70 Binary files /dev/null and b/source/images/blog/2020-02-0.105/out-of-control.png differ