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Max Gramser 7311a1cdce Show binary sensors in Home Assistant's words and grey out what is off (0.2.62)

A binary sensor's tile and card now say what Home Assistant says for its
device class, such as Open or Closed for a door and Wet or Dry for a leak
sensor. The screen maps the class it already receives, with the same words
as the top bar and the history card; a test keeps both tables equal. A
history card still waiting for its answer no longer shows the previous
card's word.

Lights and binary sensors that are off turn grey, as in Home Assistant, and
a light without an icon of its own shows a crossed-out bulb while it is off,
on the tile and in the top bar. A chosen icon stays and turns grey.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

2026-09-17 08:32:22 +02:00

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Test results app 0.2.62 / firmware 0.2.53 (2026-09-17)

A binary sensor tile read "On" or "Off" where Home Assistant says "Open" or "Closed", and a user (Remco) asked for a different icon for lights that are off. Max asked to do it the way Home Assistant's web interface does. See CHANGELOG 0.2.62 and the compatibility note in docs/RELEASING.md.

Home Assistant's own behaviour

Source, dev branch: homeassistant/components/light/icons.json gives mdi:lightbulb, and mdi:lightbulb-off for state off (switch, fan and input_boolean have the same pattern); the frontend colours active lights --state-light-active-color (amber) and anything off --state-inactive-color (grey).
Live on Max's dashboard: lights that are on have an amber icon on a pastel amber circle; lights that are off are grey, with a crossed-out icon where the icon has one; a light with its own icon (a mirror) keeps it and turns grey.

Automated

Python (.venv-portal): all tests OK. New tests/test_binary_words.py (5): the firmware's BINARY_WORDS equals header_bar.BINARY_STATES; the top bar and the history card give the same words for all 28 classes, and On/Off without a class or with an unknown one; every state message already carries device_class (no x); the tile, the card and the history heading use the words for binary sensors only, and the heading only takes its own entity's history words; all five text fonts of both profiles and packages carry every letter. New tests/test_off_look.py (3): lightbulb-off (F0E4F) in the fonts of both profiles and packages; the firmware's off bulb and grey rule; the top bar's off bulb, a light's own icon kept, no accent while off.
C++ (clang++ -std=c++17 -Wall -Wextra -Werror -I. -I components/smart_display): 15/15 PASS; test_tile_controls checks door, motion, moisture, battery charging, battery, no class, an unknown class and a wrongly cased class.
generate_packages.py --check and generate_icons.py --check (150 pickable icons, 184 glyphs) green.

Builds (ESPHome 2026.6.2)

Check profiles with the generated packages and local components, as for 0.2.59. No warnings from runtime_tiles.h or tile_controls.h.

Profile	RAM	Flash	vs 0.2.59
CYD	23.5% (77,060 B)	77.8% (1,428,127 B)	+0 B RAM, +1,112 B flash (0.2.60 and 0.2.61 included)
Guition	24.5% (80,436 B)	18.9% (1,531,911 B)	+0 B RAM, +1,580 B flash (0.2.60 and 0.2.61 included)

Firmware on the Mac (host builds, driven over the ESPHome API)

A demo home with fifteen binary sensors of every kind, lights on and off, and the front door and a light in the top bar (.esphome/readme-render/binary/), with a probe that logs each card's text and colours:

Before (0.2.52 code): every binary sensor read On or Off in amber, while the top bar said Open and Motion; the door card said "On" until its history arrived and then "Open"; the motion card opened after the door card said "Open".
After, Guition and CYD: Open, Closed, Motion, Dry, Smoke, Disconnected, Not charging, Low, Problem, Up to date, Plugged in (also as a large value); a sensor without a class and an unknown class still say On. The door card says "Open" while loading and after the answer, and "Closed" once the door closes with the card open; the motion card says "Motion" while loading. The longest words fit a single CYD tile.
Off look (Guition): an off light without an icon shows a grey crossed-out bulb, an off light with a chosen lamp icon a grey lamp, a closed door and a dry leak sensor grey circles; the open door, motion and a light at 50 % stay amber; the top bar shows the crossed-out bulb for the off light.

Not tested

Physical screens: not flashed in this round.

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