---
title: "Entities Card"
sidebar_label: Entities
description: "The Entities card is the most common type of card. It groups items together into lists."
---

The Entities card is the most common type of card. It groups items together into lists.

{% configuration %}
type:
  required: true
  description: entities
  type: string
entities:
  required: true
  description: "A list of entity IDs or `entity` objects, see below."
  type: list
title:
  required: false
  description: The card title.
  type: string
icon:
  required: false
  description: An icon to display to the left of the title
  type: string
show_header_toggle:
  required: false
  description: Button to turn on/off all entities.
  type: boolean
  default: true
theme:
  required: false
  description: Set to any theme within `themes.yaml`.
  type: string
state_color:
  required: false
  description: Set to `true` to have icons colored when entity is active
  type: boolean
  default: false
header:
  required: false
  description: Header widget to render. See [header documentation](/lovelace/header-footer/).
  type: map
footer:
  required: false
  description: Footer widget to render. See [footer documentation](/lovelace/header-footer/).
  type: map
{% endconfiguration %}

## Options For Entities

If you define entities as objects instead of strings (by adding `entity:` before entity ID), you can add more customization and configuration:

{% configuration %}
entity:
  required: true
  description: Home Assistant entity ID.
  type: string
type:
  required: false
  description: "Sets a custom card type: `custom:my-custom-card`"
  type: string
name:
  required: false
  description: Overwrites friendly name.
  type: string
icon:
  required: false
  description: Overwrites icon or entity picture.
  type: string
image:
  required: false
  description: Overwrites entity picture.
  type: string
secondary_info:
  required: false
  description: "Show additional info. Values: `entity-id`, `last-changed`, `last-triggered` (only for automations and scripts), `position` or `tilt-position` (only for supported covers), `brightness` (only for lights)."
  type: string
format:
  required: false
  description: "How the state should be formatted. Currently only used for timestamp sensors. Valid values are: `relative`, `total`, `date`, `time` and `datetime`."
  type: string
header:
  required: false
  description: Header widget to render. See [header documentation](/lovelace/header-footer/).
  type: map
footer:
  required: false
  description: Footer widget to render. See [footer documentation](/lovelace/header-footer/).
  type: map
action_name:
  required: false
  description: Button label. (Only applies to `script` and `scene` rows)
  type: string
state_color:
  required: false
  description: Set to `true` to have icons colored when entity is active
  type: boolean
  default: false
tap_action:
  required: false
  description: Action taken on card tap. See [action documentation](/lovelace/actions/#tap-action).
  type: map
hold_action:
  required: false
  description: Action taken on card tap and hold. See [action documentation](/lovelace/actions/#hold-action).
  type: map
double_tap_action:
  required: false
  description: Action taken on card double tap. See [action documentation](/lovelace/actions/#double-tap-action).
  type: map
{% endconfiguration %}

## Special Row Elements

### Button

{% configuration %}
type:
  required: true
  description: button
  type: string
name:
  required: true
  description: Main Label.
  type: string
action_name:
  required: false
  description: Button label.
  type: string
  default: "`Run`"
tap_action:
  required: true
  description: Action taken on card tap. See [action documentation](/lovelace/actions/#tap-action).
  type: map
hold_action:
  required: false
  description: Action taken on card tap and hold. See [action documentation](/lovelace/actions/#hold-action).
  type: map
double_tap_action:
  required: false
  description: Action taken on card double tap. See [action documentation](/lovelace/actions/#double-tap-action).
  type: map
{% endconfiguration %}

### Cast

Special row to start Home Assistant Cast.

{% configuration %}
type:
  required: true
  description: cast
  type: string
dashboard:
  required: false
  description: Path to the dashboard of the view that needs to be shown.
  type: string
view:
  required: true
  description: Path to the view that needs to be shown.
  type: string
name:
  required: false
  description: Name to show in the row
  type: string
  default: Home Assistant Cast
icon:
  required: false
  description: Icon to use
  type: string
  default: "`hass:television`"
hide_if_unavailable:
  required: false
  description: Hide this row if casting is not available in the browser.
  type: boolean
  default: false
{% endconfiguration %}

### Conditional

Special row that displays based on entity states.

{% configuration %}
type:
  required: true
  description: conditional
  type: string
conditions:
  required: true
  description: List of entity IDs and matching states.
  type: list
  keys:
    entity:
      required: true
      description: HA entity ID.
      type: string
    state:
      required: false
      description: Entity state is equal to this value.*
      type: string
    state_not:
      required: false
      description: Entity state is unequal to this value.*
      type: string
row:
  required: true
  description: Row to display if all conditions match.
  type: map
{% endconfiguration %}

*one is required (`state` or `state_not`)

Note: Conditions with more than one entity are treated as an 'and' condition. This means that for the card to show, *all* entities must meet the state requirements set.

### Divider

{% configuration %}
type:
  required: true
  description: divider
  type: string
style:
  required: false
  description: Style the element using CSS.
  type: string
  default: "height: 1px, background-color: var(--secondary-text-color)"
{% endconfiguration %}

### Section

{% configuration %}
type:
  required: true
  description: section
  type: string
label:
  required: false
  description: Section label
  type: string
{% endconfiguration %}

### Weblink

{% configuration %}
type:
  required: true
  description: weblink
  type: string
url:
  required: true
  description: "Website URL (or internal URL e.g., `/hassio/dashboard` or `/panel_custom_name`)"
  type: string
name:
  required: false
  description: Link label
  type: string
  default: URL path
icon:
  required: false
  description: "Icon to display (e.g., `mdi:home`)"
  type: string
  default: "`mdi:link`"
{% endconfiguration %}

### Buttons

{% configuration %}
type:
  required: true
  description: buttons
  type: string
entities:
  required: true
  description: A list of entities to show. Each entry is either an entity ID or a map.
  type: list
  keys:
    entity:
      required: true
      description: The entity to render.
      type: string
    icon:
      required: false
      description: Override the entity icon.
      type: string
    image:
      required: false
      description: Override the entity image.
      type: string
    name:
      required: false
      description: Label for the button
      type: string
{% endconfiguration %}

### Attribute

{% configuration %}
type:
  required: true
  description: attribute
  type: string
entity:
  required: true
  description: Home Assistant entity ID.
  type: string
attribute:
  required: true
  description: Attribute to display from the entity.
  type: string
prefix:
  required: false
  description: Text before entity state.
  type: string
suffix:
  required: false
  description: Text after entity state.
  type: string
name:
  required: false
  description: Overwrites friendly name.
  type: string
{% endconfiguration %}

## Example

Entity rows:

```yaml
type: entities
title: Entities card sample
show_header_toggle: true
header:
  image: 'https://www.home-assistant.io/images/lovelace/header-footer/balloons-header.png'
  type: picture
entities:
  - entity: alarm_control_panel.alarm
    name: Alarm Panel
  - device_tracker.demo_paulus
  - switch.decorative_lights
  - group.all_lights
  - group.all_locks
```

Special rows:

```yaml
type: entities
title: Entities card sample
show_header_toggle: true
entities:
  - type: call-service
    icon: mdi:power
    name: Bed light
    action_name: Toggle light
    service: light.toggle
    service_data:
      entity_id: light.bed_light
  - type: divider
  - type: weblink
    name: Home Assistant
    url: https://www.home-assistant.io/
    icon: mdi:home-assistant
```

<div class='note'>
Please be aware that the entity types divider and weblink aren't yet supported by the UI editor and a warning about `Expected a value of type...` is shown. You can ignore the warning and save your edits to verify.
</div>