Secondary info

secondary info functions

Name	Type	execution context	arguments	return type
hide	function	secondary info config	climate_entity, hvac_mode	boolean

climate_entity - climate entity
hvac_mode - current hvac_mode

type: custom:mini-climate
entity: climate.dahatsu
secondary_info: last-changed

type: custom:mini-climate
entity: climate.dahatsu
secondary_info:
  type: fan-mode
  icon: 'mdi:fan'
  hide: >
    (climate_entity) => !climate_entity.attributes.turbo_al

type: custom:mini-climate
entity: climate.dahatsu
secondary_info: hvac-mode

hvac-action type

By default the card shows Home Assistant's own string for the action, in the language the dashboard is in - the same one the thermostat card shows. They come from the climate integration, and the modes and fan speeds elsewhere on the card work the same way.

type: custom:mini-climate
entity: climate.dahatsu
secondary_info:
  type: hvac-action

but you can customize your translations

type: custom:mini-climate
entity: climate.dahatsu
secondary_info:
  type: hvac-action
  source:
    cooling: Cooling

You can set your own icon for each hvac-action

type: custom:mini-climate
entity: climate.dahatsu
secondary_info:
  type: hvac-action
  source:
    cooling:
      icon: 'mdi:snowflake'
      name: Cooling

Or you can use one permanent icon

type: custom:mini-climate
entity: climate.dahatsu
secondary_info:
  type: hvac-action
  icon: 'mdi:cached'

fan-mode-dropdown

type: custom:mini-climate
entity: climate.dahatsu
secondary_info: fan-mode-dropdown

The dropdown under the name draws fan_mode's icon. A template can pick a different glyph per mode; items is data the template reads back through this as this.icon.items, because the context is the whole fan_mode option, not the nested icon object. See this. Hide the fan_mode button so the same control is not on the card twice.

A string on secondary_info.icon replaces this and freezes the glyph, which is why that key is left off here.

type: custom:mini-climate
entity: climate.dahatsu
secondary_info: fan-mode-dropdown
fan_mode:
  hide: true
  icon:
    items:
      auto: 'mdi:fan-auto'
      low: 'mdi:fan-speed-1'
      medium: 'mdi:fan-speed-2'
      high: 'mdi:fan-speed-3'
    template: >
      (state) => this.icon.items[state] || 'mdi:fan'
  source:
    auto: Automatic
    low: Gentle
    medium: Middling
    high: Strong

hvac-mode-dropdown

The same line as fan-mode-dropdown, pointed at the HVAC mode instead of the fan speed. The fan control stays where it was.

type: custom:mini-climate
entity: climate.dahatsu
secondary_info: hvac-mode-dropdown
hvac_mode:
  hide: true

hvac_mode: hide is not optional decoration - without it the card shows the mode twice, once in each place. The names come from Home Assistant's own translations, the same list the control-row dropdown uses; a source on hvac_mode replaces them, and it is read the same way in both places - name, icon, order, and hide for a mode this card should not offer at all:

type: custom:mini-climate
entity: climate.dahatsu
secondary_info: hvac-mode-dropdown
hvac_mode:
  hide: true
  source:
    'off': 'Off'
    cool: Cool
    heat: Heat
    dry:
      hide: true

A string on secondary_info.icon freezes the glyph; without it the line draws the same per-mode icon as the control-row dropdown.