From cd1b4de7a897e613f3ef216cb040357f24421be0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Franck Nijhof Date: Tue, 3 May 2022 21:49:17 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] 2022.5: New settings menu --- .../_posts/2022-05-04-release-20225.markdown | 61 +++++++------------ 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-) diff --git a/source/_posts/2022-05-04-release-20225.markdown b/source/_posts/2022-05-04-release-20225.markdown index d0594db7051..5aeb7fda9bb 100644 --- a/source/_posts/2022-05-04-release-20225.markdown +++ b/source/_posts/2022-05-04-release-20225.markdown @@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ Enjoy the (beta) release! -- [Reoganized configuration menu](#reoganized-configuration-menu) +- [Reorganized settings menu](#reorganized-settings-menu) - [Find entities even quicker than before](#find-entities-even-quicker-than-before) - [New automation & script features](#new-automation--script-features) - [If-then](#if-then) @@ -73,50 +73,35 @@ Enjoy the (beta) release! - [All changes](#all-changes) - +## Reorganized settings menu - +A couple of releases ago, we started reorganizing the configuration menu, and +this release is bringing the next big step in that reorganization. - - -## Reoganized configuration menu - -{% details "TODO" %} - -- Improve story/add more information on "why". -- Needs more body, this is a huge change and improvement. -- Add screenshots when fontend UI is stabilized/finished for this release -- Review important movements to highlight. -- Add a breaking change section to summerize the shifts? - -{% enddetails %} - -A couple of releases ago, we started the process of reorganizing the -configuration menu and this release is bringing the next big step in that -reorganizing. - -The goal is to have everything in a single logical place, having it accessible -nicely from mobile devices, and allow/prepare for future expansion. +The goal is to have everything in a single logical place, and after user tests +and many discussions in frontend and UX channels, this is what the menu +now looks like: Screenshot showing the new configuration menu structure -Are you running Home Assistant OS or Supervised? The Supervisor has been fully -merged into the configuration menu, to provide a seamless/unified experience. -This removes weirdness like having a network section in the system menu -and the Supervisor section. +Most notably, it is renamed "Configuration" to "Settings", and we have a brand +new "System" submenu (shown on the right in the above screenshot). -Blueprints are now moved to the automations & scenes section, and by popular -request: Helpers have moved to the devices & services page. Areas & Zone are -now nicely brought together in a single menu, and there is now an extensive -System menu. +Are you running Home Assistant OS? The Supervisor has been fully merged into +the settings menu to provide a seamless/unified experience. It removes +weirdness like having a network section in one menu and the Supervisor section. -YAML Configuration Controls have a new home in the developer tools. This felt like a more logical place to have the reloading happen. -Restarting Home Assistant can now be done via the Overflow menu on the System Dashboard Page. +Blueprints moved to the automations & scenes section, and by popular request: +Helpers have moved to the devices & services page. + +YAML configuration tools have a new home in the developer tools, aa more +logical place for YAML configuration checks and reloading. + +You might notice some of the new menu items are fairly empty. For those menus, +like "Storage" and "Hardware", we have more content planned soon! + +Just to be sure, we have added a list of changes to the breaking changes section; +please check those out in case you are missing something. ## Find entities even quicker than before