--- title: "Glance Card" sidebar_label: Glance description: "The Glance card is useful to group multiple sensors in a compact overview." --- The Glance card is useful to group multiple sensors in a compact overview. Keep in mind that this can be used together with [entity-filter](/lovelace/entity-filter/) cards to create dynamic cards.

Screenshot of the glance card Screenshot of the Glance card.

To add the Glance card to your user interface, click the Lovelace menu (three dots at the top right of the screen) and then **Edit Dashboard**. Click the plus button in the bottom right corner and select **Glance** from the card picker. {% configuration %} type: required: true description: glance type: string entities: required: true description: "A list of entity IDs or `entity` objects, see below." type: list title: required: false description: Card title type: string show_name: required: false description: Show entity name. type: boolean default: "true" show_icon: required: false description: Show entity icon. type: boolean default: "true" show_state: required: false description: Show entity state-text. type: boolean default: "true" theme: required: false description: "Set to any theme within `themes.yaml`" type: string columns: required: false description: Number of columns to show. If not specified the number will be set automatically. type: integer state_color: required: false description: Set to `true` to have icons colored when entity is active type: boolean default: true {% endconfiguration %} ## Options For Entities If you define entities as objects instead of strings, you can add more customization and configuration: {% configuration %} entity: required: true description: Home Assistant entity ID. type: string name: required: false description: Overwrites friendly name. type: string icon: required: false description: Overwrites icon. type: string image: required: false description: Overwrites entity picture. type: string show_last_changed: required: false description: Overwrites the state display with the relative time since last changed. type: boolean default: false show_state: required: false description: Show entity state-text. type: boolean default: true 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/). 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 %} ## Options For Exemptions {% configuration badges %} user: required: true description: User id that can see the view tab. type: string {% endconfiguration %} ## Examples Basic example: ```yaml type: glance title: Glance card sample entities: - binary_sensor.movement_backyard - light.bed_light - binary_sensor.basement_floor_wet - sensor.outside_temperature - light.ceiling_lights - switch.ac - lock.kitchen_door ```

Screenshot of the glance card with custom title Screenshot of the glance card with custom title.

Define entities as objects and apply a custom name: ```yaml type: glance title: Better names entities: - entity: binary_sensor.movement_backyard name: Movement? - light.bed_light - binary_sensor.basement_floor_wet - sensor.outside_temperature - light.ceiling_lights - switch.ac - lock.kitchen_door - entity: switch.wall_plug_switch tap_action: action: toggle ```