Template Text¶
The template
text platform allows you to create a text with templated values
using lambdas.
# Example configuration entry
text:
- platform: template
name: "Template text"
optimistic: true
min_length: 0
max_length: 100
mode: text
Configuration variables:¶
min_length (Optional, int): The minimum length this text can be. Defaults to
0
.max_length (Optional, int): The maximum length this text can be. Defaults to
255
.lambda (Optional, lambda): Lambda to be evaluated every update interval to get the current value of the text.
set_action (Optional, Action): The action that should be performed when the remote (like Home Assistant’s frontend) requests to set the text value. The new value is available to lambdas in the
x
variable.update_interval (Optional, Time): The interval on which to update the text by executing the
lambda
. Defaults to60s
.optimistic (Optional, boolean): Whether to operate in optimistic mode - when in this mode, any command sent to the template text will immediately update the reported state. Cannot be used with
lambda
. Defaults tofalse
.restore_value (Optional, boolean): Saves and loads the state to RTC/Flash. Cannot be used with
lambda
. Defaults tofalse
.initial_value (Optional, String): The value to set the state to on setup if not restored with
restore_value
. Cannot be used withlambda
. Defaults to the empty string.All other options from Text.