Change tile color based on text variable value

[Danny_Richman]

Is there any way I can change a tile’s color based on the value of a text variable?

[James]

@Danny_Richman, conditional color is not currently supported in text variable tile. Can you please describe the use case with a bit more details? Thank you.

[Danny_Richman]

Thanks James. Just thought of a workaround using a Virtual Switch

[Tom_Gauvin]

James, I am looking to do just what the op asked about, change tile color based on the value of a string variable. In my case a string variable coming over from Hubitat. In an effort to increase WAF I asked my wife, and daughters, what they would like to see on the dashboards. The number one request is color change tiles with status of things like the washer, dryer, dishwasher, security system etc. so they can see statuses at a glance from across the room. They want to have a large tile per appliance or system that shows a text status and changes color based on operating state.
Maybe like this:

It’s easy enough in Hubitat to generate Global Variables that state the status of the various appliances. And, I have now learned how to have those variables come across to SharpTools. The missing piece is how to alter a tiles color based on that variable. If they were simply on off states I could use a two state tile like a switch, but they are asking for more than simply on/off. Again, picking up the appliance state is a simple enough affair with a a few smart sensors on the appliance. But the tile text and color are what I’m not sure about.

Has this capability been looked at since the original post? Is there a tile type that would accommodate this, or maybe a way to use Rule Engine alter a tiles color?

Thanks!
Tom G.

[josh]

There’s a feature request open for Color State Mapping for Custom Attributes that you might want to cast a vote on as I think it would directly cover what you’re looking for.

Style/Icon State Mapping for Custom Attributes

Request: It would be great if the Hero Attribute tile could have a State Mapping feature similar to what’s available in the Temperature Sensor tile. – This feature is now available! – The fully customizable state mapping feature is currently only for Temperature Sensor tiles. [image] Other tile types like Switch, Contact Sensor, and others with a fixed set of states have a simplified state mapping feature. [image]

In the meantime, an alternative approach would be to use a custom driver like the one noted in the following thread:

Hubitat Safety Monitor tiles

For example, you could use the Virtual Values driver along with Hubitat’s Rule Machine as a proxy for the HSM alert. Maybe have the switch state indicate if an alarm is active and could even use the number to indicate the severity or text to indicate the type of alarm. Here’s an example post on the Hubitat community where the driver is used to display a Hubitat Rule Machine global variable. The same concepts could be applied here too: [image]

Then in your rule, you could set the text attribute to reflect the state and then flip the switch on/off to indicate whether it should be active or not.

Edit: Note that the driver implements the Notify capability, so you can use that to set the text in Rule Machine without having to define a custom command for setText().

[Tom_Gauvin]

Thanks! I added my vote to the feature request and I’m headed over to look at that customer driver post next.