advanced-camera-card/docs/configuration/view.md

view

The view configuration options control how the default view of the card behaves.

view:
  # [...]

Option	Default	Description
actions		Actions to use for all views, individual actions may be overriden by view-specific actions.
camera_select	current	The view to show when a new camera is selected (e.g. in the camera menu). If current the view is unchanged when a new camera is selected.
dim	false	Whether or not to 'dim' the brightness of the card (by 25%) if the card interaction_seconds has expired (i.e. card has been left unattended for that period of time).
default	live	The view to show in the card by default. The default camera is the first one listed. See Supported Views below.
default_reset		The circumstances and behavior that cause the card to reset to the default view. See below.
interaction_seconds	300	After a mouse/touch interaction with the card, it will be considered "interacted with" until this number of seconds elapses without further interaction. May be used as part of an interaction condition or with reset_after_interaction to reset the view after the interaction is complete.
keyboard_shortcuts	See usage for defaults.	Configure keyboard shortcuts. See below.
render_entities		YAML only: A list of entity ids that should cause the card to re-render 'in-place'. The view/camera is not changed. This should very rarely be needed, but could be useful if the card is both setting and changing HA state of the same object as could be the case for some complex card_mod scenarios (example).
reset_after_interaction	true	If true the card will reset to the default configured view (i.e. 'screensaver' functionality) after interaction_seconds has elapsed after user interaction.
theme		How the card is themed. See below.
triggers		How to react when a camera is triggered.
default_cycle_camera	false	When set to true the selected camera is cycled on each default view change.

default_reset

Configure the circumstances and behavior that cause the card to reset to the default view. All configuration is under:

view:
  default_reset: [...]

Option	Default	Description
after_interaction	true	If true the card will reset to the default configured view (i.e. 'screensaver' functionality) after interaction_seconds has elapsed after user interaction.
entities		A list of entities that should cause the view to reset to the default (if the entity only pertains to a particular camera use triggers for the selected camera instead).
interaction_mode	inactive	Whether the default reset should happen when the card is being interacted with. If all, the reset will always happen regardless. If inactive the reset will only be taken if the card has not had human interaction recently (as defined by view.interaction_seconds). If active the reset will only be happen if the card has had human interaction recently. This controls resets triggered by entities and every_seconds, but not after_interaction which by definition requires no interaction.
every_seconds	0	A number of seconds after which to automatically reset to the default view. 0 disables this functionality.

keyboard_shortcuts

All configuration is under:

view:
  keyboard_shortcuts: [...]

Configure the key-bindings for the builtin keyboard shortcuts. See usage information for defaults on keyboard shortcuts.

Option	Default	Description
enabled	true	If true, keyboard shortcuts are enabled. If false, they are disabled.
ptz_left, ptz_right, ptz_up, ptz_down, ptz_zoom_in, ptz_zoom_out, ptz_home	See usage for defaults.	An object that configures the key binding for a given pre-configured action. See below.

Keyboard Shortcut Configuration

Option	Default	Description
key		Any keyboard key value, e.g. ArrowLeft
ctrl	false	If true requires the ctrl key to be held.
shift	false	If true requires the shift key to be held.
alt	false	If true requires the alt key to be held.
meta	false	If true requires the meta key to be held.

theme 🎨

All configuration is under:

view:
  theme: [...]

Configure the theming/colors applied to the card.

Option	Default	Description
themes	[traditional]	A list of themes that are applied sequentially. Valid themes are shown below. Usually only a single value is needed. An empty list is treated the same as the default.
overrides		A list of CSS keys that can be used to tweak the theming.

themes

Theme	Description
dark	Use a dark theme that is identical to the HA dark theme.
ha	Uses HA-prescribed theming. Respects HA choice of dark or light colors.
light	Use a light theme that is similar to the HA light theme (there are some differences if you do not use the standard choices of primary color).
traditional	A theme based on the default Advanced Camera Card theme before full theming support was added. Respects HA color theme choices.

overrides

Allows overriding of any CSS value, can be used to tweak theming parameters.

Option	Description
Any CSS key. Overriding the Advanced Camera Card CSS variables allows changing individual theming paramters, e.g. --advanced-camera-card-menu-override-background	Any CSS value, e.g. red or rgba(10, 11, 12, 0.64).

triggers

The triggers block controls how the card reacts when a camera is triggered (note that what triggers the camera is controlled by the triggers block within the config for a given camera). This can be used for a variety of purposes, such as allowing the card to automatically change to live for a camera that triggers.

All configuration is under:

view:
  triggers:
    # [...]

When a camera untriggers (e.g. an entity state returning to something other than on or open), an action can also be taken with an optional number of seconds to wait prior to the acting (see untrigger_seconds). By default, triggering is only allowed when there is no ongoing human interaction with the card. This behavior can be controlled by the interaction_mode parameter.

Triggers based on Home Assistant entities require state changes -- when the card is first started, it takes an active change in state to trigger (i.e. an already occupied room will not trigger, but a newly occupied room will).

Option	Default	Description
actions		The actions to take when a camera is triggered. See below.
filter_selected_camera	false	If set to true will only trigger on the currently selected camera.
show_trigger_status	false	Whether or not the live view should show a visual indication that it is triggered (a pulsing border around the camera edge).
untrigger_seconds	0	The number of seconds to wait after a camera untriggers before considering the card untriggered and taking the untrigger action.

Trigger action configuration

Option	Default	Description
interaction_mode	inactive	Whether actions should be taken when the card is being interacted with. If all, actions will always left be taken regardless. If inactive actions will only be taken if the card has not had human interaction recently (as defined by view.interaction_seconds). If active actions will only be taken if the card has had human interaction recently. This does not stop triggering itself (i.e. border will still pulse if show_trigger_status is true) but rather just prevents the actions being performed.
trigger	update	If set to update the current view is updated in place. If set to default the default view of the card will be reloaded. If set to live the triggered camera will be selected in live view. If set to media the appropriate media view (e.g. clip or snapshot) will be chosen to match a newly available media item (please note that only some camera engines support new media detection, e.g. frigate). If set to none no action is taken.
untrigger	none	If set to default the the default view of the card will be reloaded. If set to none no action will be taken.

Supported views

This card supports several different views.

Key	Description
clip	Shows a viewer for the most recent clip for this camera. Can also be accessed by holding down the clips menu icon.
clips	Shows a gallery of clips for this camera.
image	Shows a static image specified by the image parameter, can be used as a discrete default view or a screensaver (via view.interaction_seconds).
live	Shows the live camera view with the configured live provider.
recording	Shows a viewer for the most recent recording for this camera. Can also be accessed by holding down the recordings menu icon.
recordings	Shows a gallery of recent (last day) recordings for this camera and its dependents.
snapshot	Shows a viewer for the most recent snapshot for this camera. Can also be accessed by holding down the snapshots menu icon.
snapshots	Shows a gallery of snapshots for this camera.
timeline	Shows an event timeline.

The default view is live, but can be configured by the view.default parameter.

Fully expanded reference

view:
  default: live
  camera_select: current
  interaction_seconds: 300
  default_cycle_camera: false
  default_reset:
    after_interaction: false
    entities:
      - binary_sensor.my_motion_sensor
    every_seconds: 0
    interaction_mode: inactive
  render_entities:
    - switch.render_card
  dim: false
  triggers:
    show_trigger_status: false
    filter_selected_camera: true
    untrigger_seconds: 0
    actions:
      interaction_mode: inactive
      trigger: update
      untrigger: none
  keyboard_shortcuts:
    enabled: true
    ptz_left:
      key: 'ArrowLeft'
    ptz_right:
      key: 'ArrowRight'
    ptz_up:
      key: 'ArrowUp'
    ptz_down:
      key: 'ArrowDown'
    ptz_zoom_in:
      key: '+'
    ptz_zoom_out:
      key: '-'
    ptz_home:
      key: 'h'
  theme:
    themes:
      - ha
    overrides:
      '--advanced-camera-card-menu-button-active-color': red
      '--advanced-camera-card-menu-position-left-style-overlay-alignment-left-background': pink
  actions:
    entity: light.office_main_lights
    tap_action:
      action: none
    hold_action:
      action: none
    double_tap_action:
      action: none
    start_tap_action:
      action: none
    end_tap_action:
      action: none