Allow quick settings tiles to link to a different entity on long press

[michaelmior]

Describe the feature

I'd like to be able to have a Quick Settings tile link to a different entity than the one that is being controlled.

Use cases

I have an input boolean that controls some lights in a specific way based on some automations. I want the Quick Settings tile to toggle this input boolean. However, on long press, I want to go to the lights entity so I can have more fine-grained control.

Examples

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Anything else?

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[BBE-FR]

Thanks to @karwosts this it is now possible: home-assistant/frontend#22147

You set your tile to have the behavior you want on the boolean, and for one of the tap actions (either a long or double tab, or the tap on card vs tap on icon, etc...) you call the "more info" of the light entity.

example here:

(you need to edit in yaml to add the selected light entity into the tap-action, but then the UI remains available)

type: tile
entity: input_boolean.disco_justine
features_position: bottom
vertical: false
tap_action:
  action: more-info
  entity: light.0x84b4dbfffec93621
icon_tap_action:
  action: toggle

[karwosts]

Actually I thought this too at first, but now I'm thinking a "Quick Settings Tile" may not be a frontend card, but perhaps some android specific thing, given this is asked in the Android section?

[BBE-FR]

True. It may be the android widget.

It doesn't remove that it is a nice improvement to Tile cards... Small, simple, but deeply effective !

[michaelmior]

Yes, "Quick Settings tiles" are a specific Android feature, not tile cards in dashboards, so this doesn't solve my use case. Might be helpful for someone else who lands here though.

[dshokouhi]

I will be honest this request does not make too much sense especially since the app can add as many quick tiles as we would like. The tiles themselves are designed to represent the state of the entity. Adding an additional long press control for a different entity whose state is not represented doesnt make much sense. Wouldnt it be better to just add another tile for what you want rather than complicating things? the tiles were meant to be a 1 to 1 relationship with entities. If a long press action were to be added it would probably direct the user to the entity more info panel.

[michaelmior]

There already is a long press action and it goes to the entity more info panel. The tile I have set up does represent the state of entity. I understand it might not make much sense to you, but I think part of the beauty of Home Assistant is the flexibility for users to do what makes sense to them. I don't want another tile, because that would add unnecessary clutter. That said, I could probably approach the whole thing a different way by creating a template light. That would just be a lot more configuration.