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---
layout: page
title: "Entities Card"
sidebar_label: Entities
description: "Entities will be the most common type of card that will also be the most familiar to people using the standard interface. It groups items together very close to how groups used to do."
date: 2018-07-01 10:28 +00:00
sidebar: true
comments: false
sharing: true
footer: true
---
Entities will be the most common type of card that will also be the most familiar to people using the standard interface. It groups items together very close to how groups used to do.
{% 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
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
{% endconfiguration %}
## {% linkable_title 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
secondary_info:
required: false
description: "Show additional info. Values: `entity-id`, `last-changed`."
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
{% endconfiguration %}
## {% linkable_title Special Row Elements %}
### {% linkable_title Call Service %}
{% configuration %}
type:
required: true
description: call-service
type: string
name:
required: true
description: Main Label.
type: string
service:
required: true
description: "Service like `media_player.media_play_pause`"
type: string
icon:
required: false
description: "Icon to display (e.g., `mdi:home`)"
type: string
default: "`mdi:remote`"
action_name:
required: false
description: Button label.
type: string
default: "`Run`"
service_data:
required: false
description: The service data to use.
type: object
{% endconfiguration %}
### {% linkable_title Divider %}
{% configuration %}
type:
required: true
description: divider
type: string
style:
required: false
description: Style the element using CSS.
type: object
default: "height: 1px, background-color: var(--secondary-text-color)"
{% endconfiguration %}
### {% linkable_title Section %}
{% configuration %}
type:
required: true
description: section
type: string
label:
required: false
description: Section label
type: string
{% endconfiguration %}
### {% linkable_title 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 %}
## {% linkable_title Example %}
Entity rows:
```yaml
type: entities
title: Entities card sample
show_header_toggle: true
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
```