Sean Mooney dad4a22e4f
Add UI setup instructions to Lovelace card pages (#15155)
Co-authored-by: Franck Nijhof <git@frenck.dev>
2020-10-10 13:55:56 +02:00

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---
title: "Button Card"
sidebar_label: Button
description: "The Button card allows you to add buttons to perform tasks."
---
The Button card allows you to add buttons to perform tasks.
<p class='img'>
<img src='/images/lovelace/lovelace_entity_button_card.png' alt='Screenshot of the button card'>
Screenshot of the Button card.
</p>
To add the Button 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 **Button** from the card picker. All options for this card can be configured via the user interface.
Alternatively, the card can be configured using YAML:
```yaml
type: button
entity: light.living_room
```
{% configuration %}
type:
required: true
description: button
type: string
entity:
required: false
description: Home Assistant entity ID.
type: string
name:
required: false
description: Overwrites friendly name.
type: string
default: Name of Entity
icon:
required: false
description: Icon that will be be used to overwrite the entity picture or entity icon.
type: string
default: Entity Domain Icon
show_name:
required: false
description: Show name.
type: boolean
default: "true"
show_icon:
required: false
description: Show icon.
type: boolean
default: "true"
show_state:
required: false
description: Show state.
type: boolean
default: "false"
icon_height:
required: false
description: Set the height for the icon. This is in pixels which is handled by the configuration UI. (Advanced users can use other CSS values if they like)
type: string
default: auto
state_color:
required: false
description: Set to `true` to have icons colored when entity is active
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/#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
theme:
required: false
description: "Set to any theme within `themes.yaml`"
type: string
{% endconfiguration %}
## Options For Exemptions
{% configuration badges %}
user:
required: true
description: User id that can see the view tab.
type: string
{% endconfiguration %}
## Examples
Title and Script Service Example:
```yaml
type: button
name: Turn Off Lights
show_state: false
tap_action:
action: call-service
service: script.turn_on
service_data:
entity_id: script.turn_off_lights
```
<p class='img'>
<img src='/images/lovelace/lovelace_entity_button_complex_card.png' alt='Screenshot of the button card'>
Screenshot of the Button card with Title and Script Service.
</p>