Dashboard Options (Display enabled satellites only)

General Settings

The dashboard options control different aspects of the View Assist display

• Dashboard - The base dashboard for View Assist (default /viewassist/)
• Home screen - The screen to return to after timeout (default /viewassist/clock)
• Default Music View screen - The view to return to when in music mode (default /viewassist/music)
• Intent View Screen - The view to display for default HA actions for displaying those entities (default /viewassist/intent)
• List View - The view for displaying Home Assistant list type data like shopping and to do lists (default /viewassist/list)

Background Settings

• Background Image Source - This option is used to determine how the background image is handled. The options are:
  • Default background - Use a defined background image (see below)
  • Local file path sequence - Picks images in their sorted order from the image path defined below
  • Local file path random - Picks images randomly from the image path defined below
  • Download random image from Unsplash - Downloads a random image from Unsplash website then displays it
• Default Background - An image path to use as default background for all satellites (default /view_assist/dashboard/background.jpg)
• Image path - The file path that stores the predefined and downloaded images
• Rotation interval - Time in minutes between image rotations

Display Settings

• Assist Prompt - The Assist prompt style to use for wake word and intent processing (default blur pop up)

• Font Style - The default font to use for this satellite device. Font name must match perfectly and be available (default Roboto)

• Status Icons (See Icon Template Reference Guide below for defining custom icons)

  • Status Icon Size - The size of the activated status icons shown in the top right corner
  • Launch Icons - List of status icons that are always visibile
  • Menu Items - List of status icons that are hidden in a toggleable menu
  • Menu Timeout - Time in seconds before menu automatically closes (0 to disable timeout)

• Use 24 Hour Time - Sets clock display to 24 hour time when enabled

• Show/Hide Header and Side bars - Show or hide the header and sidebar

Icon Template Reference Guide

Adding Icons:

There are two ways to add status icons. By referencing a predefined or custom template, or by using the dynamic status icon format(recommended for those that do not want to edit yaml).

Predefined Templates

View Assist includes ready-to-use templates:

Template	Description	Icon
home	Navigate to clock view	home
weather	Navigate to weather view	weather-sunny
camera	Navigate to camera view	cctv
menu	Toggle menu display	menu

Custom Templates

Create your own templates by editing your dashboard through the raw configuration editor and emulating the custom templates here:

# Example custom template
webpage:
  type: custom:button-card
  template: icon_template
  icon: mdi:web
  tap_action:
    action: call-service
    service: view_assist.navigate
    service_data:
      device: '[[[ return variables.var_assistsat_entity ]]]'
      path: /view-assist/webpage

# Example entity control template  
living_room_lights:
  type: custom:button-card
  template: icon_template
  entity: light.living_room
  icon: mdi:lightbulb
  tap_action:
    action: toggle
  hold_action:
    action: more-info

Usage: Reference your custom template name in configuration or service calls.

  - home
  - weather
  - webpage                    # Custom template
  - living_room_lights         # Custom template

Note: If you see an orange exclamation mark instead of your expected icon, this means you are referencing a template that doesn't exist.

Dynamic Status Icon Format

Format: type:target|icon

View Navigation (view:target|icon)

Navigate to View Assist views or external paths.

- "view:weather|weather-sunny"               # Navigate to weather view
- "view:webpage|web"                         # Navigate to webpage view  
- "view:/lovelace/dashboard|view-dashboard"  # External dashboard

• Paths without / are prefixed with /view-assist/
• Paths with leading / are used as absolute paths

Entity Control (entity:entity_id|icon)

Control entities with tap to toggle, hold for more-info.

- "entity:light.desk_lamp|desk-lamp"                  # Single icon
- "entity:light.bedroom|lightbulb-on,lightbulb-off"   # Dynamic icons by state
- "entity:switch.fan|fan"                             # Toggle switch

Dynamic Icons: Use icon_on,icon_off format for state-based icon changes.

Service Execution (service:service_name|icon)

Execute Home Assistant services on tap.

- "service:script.good_night|sleep"        # Run script
- "service:homeassistant.restart|restart"  # Restart HA

Dynamic Management with Actions

For runtime management of status icons (adding, removing, or toggling menu), see the Status Icons Actions documentation.

These actions allow you to:

• Add icons temporarily with optional auto-removal timeout
• Remove specific icons
• Toggle the menu visibility

Icon Specification

• Use Material Design Icons without mdi: prefix
• Browse icons at Material Design Icons