Conditional card

The conditional card displays another card based on conditions.

To add the conditional card to your user interface:

1. In the top right of the screen, select the edit button.
   • If this is your first time editing a dashboard, the Edit dashboard dialog appears.
     • By editing the dashboard, you are taking over control of this dashboard.
     • This means that it is no longer automatically updated when new dashboard elements become available.
     • Once you’ve taken control, you can’t get this specific dashboard back to update automatically. However, you can create a new default dashboard.
     • To continue, in the dialog, select the three dots menu, then select Take control.
2. Add a card to your dashboard.

Note that while editing the dashboard, the card will always be shown, so be sure to exit editing mode to test the conditions.

The conditional card can still be used. However, it is now possible to define a setting to show or hide a card conditionally directly on each card type, on its Visibility tab.

Most options for this card can be configured via the user interface.

YAML configuration

The following YAML options are available when you use YAML mode or just prefer to use YAML in the code editor in the UI.

Examples

Only show when all the conditions are met:

type: conditional
conditions:
  - condition: state
    entity: light.bed_light
    state: "on"
  - condition: state
    entity: light.bed_light
    state_not: "off"
  - condition: user
    users:
      - 581fca7fdc014b8b894519cc531f9a04
card:
  type: entities
  entities:
    - device_tracker.demo_paulus
    - cover.kitchen_window
    - group.kitchen
    - lock.kitchen_door
    - light.bed_light

Example condition where only one of the conditions needs to be met:

type: conditional
conditions:
  - condition: or
    conditions:
      - condition: state
        entity: binary_sensor.co_alert
        state: 'on'
      - condition: state
        entity: binary_sensor.rookmelder
        state: 'on'
card:
  type: entities
  entities:
    - binary_sensor.co_alert
    - binary_sensor.rookmelder

Conditions options

State

Tests if an entity has a specified state.

condition: state
entity: climate.thermostat
state: heat

condition: state
entity: climate.thermostat
state_not: "off"

*one is required (state or state_not)

Numeric state

Tests if an entity state matches the thresholds.

condition: numeric_state
entity: sensor.outside_temperature
above: 10
below: 20

*at least one is required (above or below), both are also possible for values between.

Screen

Specify the visibility of the card per screen size. Some screen size presets are available in the UI but you can use any CSS media query you want in YAML.

condition: screen
media_query: "(min-width: 1280px)"

User

Specify the visibility of the card per user.

condition: user
users:
  - 581fca7fdc014b8b894519cc531f9a04

And

Specify that both conditions must be met.

condition: and
conditions:
  - condition: numeric_state
    above: 0
  - condition: user
    users:
      - 581fca7fdc014b8b894519cc531f9a04

Or

Specify that at least one of the conditions must be met.

condition: or
conditions:
  - condition: numeric_state
    above: 0
  - condition: user
    users:
      - 581fca7fdc014b8b894519cc531f9a04