From e9f5af55fa5257f73e1668dcee919ed59a9ab184 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: karwosts <32912880+karwosts@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 16 May 2023 23:01:48 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Mention `simple-entity` type in entities.markdown (#27412)

* Mention `simple-entity` type in entities.markdown

Describe how `simple-entity` type can be used to get a read only version of a helper in an entities card.

I've seen this question for how to do this come up several times on discord, and the solution is currently undocumented.

* Update source/_dashboards/entities.markdown

Co-authored-by: c0ffeeca7 <38767475+c0ffeeca7@users.noreply.github.com>

* Update entities.markdown

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Co-authored-by: c0ffeeca7 <38767475+c0ffeeca7@users.noreply.github.com>
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 source/_dashboards/entities.markdown | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/source/_dashboards/entities.markdown b/source/_dashboards/entities.markdown
index cf7fb6ef867..7973839a311 100644
--- a/source/_dashboards/entities.markdown
+++ b/source/_dashboards/entities.markdown
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ entity:
   type: string
 type:
   required: false
-  description: "Sets a custom card type: `custom:my-custom-card`"
+  description: "Sets a custom card type: `custom:my-custom-card`. It also can be used to force entities with a default special row format to render as a simple state. You can do this by setting the type: `simple-entity`. This can be used, for example, to replace a helper with an editable control with a read-only value."
   type: string
 name:
   required: false