2022.5: Find entities

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Looking to access that one entity quickly? But it isn't on your dashboard?
The [Quick Bar](/docs/tools/quick-bar/) is actually really helpful for that;
just press `e` anywhere you are in Home Assistant. But what if you are on
mobile or a tablet?
This release adds a quick search button to the dashboards, so you can look up
and access any entity you need, even when it is not on your current dashboard.
The [Quick Bar](/docs/tools/quick-bar/) helps with that; just press `e` anywhere
you are in Home Assistant. This release adds a quick search button to the
dashboards as well, so you can look up and access any entity you need,
even when it is not on your current dashboard.
<img class="no-shadow" src='/images/blog/2022-05/entity-finder.png' alt='Screenshot showing the new quick search button'>
## Gauge card segment colors
A excellent addition by [@Netzwerkfehler] in this release is the ability to
freely define the the number of segments, and their colors, for the gauge card!
<p class='img'>
<img src='/images/dashboards/lovelace_gauge_segments.png' alt='Screenshot of the gauge card with multiple colored segments.'>
Screenshot of the gauge card with multiple colored segments.
</p>
This can be really helpful if you'd like to define upper and lower sensor
limits on your gauge, as shown in the example above. The configuration example
used for the above screenshot can be found in the [Gauge Card documentation].
[@Netzwerkfehler]: https://github.com/Netzwerkfehler
[Gauge Card documentation]: /dashboards/gauge/#examples
To conserve space, the search is not shown on mobile devices; but is available
via the overflow menu (the three dots in the top right).
## New automation & script features