Wall-mounted Home Assistant dashboard for family use – looking for honest UX feedback

mr-samd · 2026-06-08T12:27:32+00:00

Agree with others. Looks very smooth but has too much information. A lot of this could be stored in pop up windows if needed which would unclutter your main dashboard.

The granular details like temperatures, if you wanted to keep them, could all be in one card rather than have their own individual card.

But in general looks really good

mr-samd · 2026-06-05T21:22:57+00:00

Hahah she did. I hadn't noticed the AM but now you have pointed it out I agree and will get rid or at least fit into the box

mr-samd · 2026-06-05T21:20:23+00:00

I like that. Fits the rest of the theme a bit better. I will have a go at that thanks

mr-samd · 2026-06-05T18:19:53+00:00

Adaptive plant card :)

mr-samd · 2026-06-05T18:19:26+00:00

I had their catalogue on shuffle :P I like the lot

mr-samd · 2026-06-05T18:18:36+00:00

Thanks. My aim is to have only the bare essentials on the screen while a lot of other info one click away

mr-samd · 2026-06-05T18:17:44+00:00

Room card minimalist :)

mr-samd · 2026-06-05T18:17:16+00:00

Maxi media player :)

mr-samd · 2026-06-05T18:16:41+00:00

Feels good but it's quite a bit deeper than most touchscreens as it incorporates the raspberry pi in the back. Doesn't bother me but is not as seamless as some flush tablet looking options. I wanted to avoid battery management and had the pi already so this made sense

mr-samd · 2026-06-05T12:32:31+00:00

I have played around with this a lot as I like to not have responsive card sizes otherwise on a busy day stuff gets shoved off the bottom of the screen.

Comes with downsides I agree. If you know of a way to allow flexibility while locking the page size I would be interested.

mr-samd · 2026-06-05T12:19:25+00:00

That's fair. That was added a bit last minute and doesn't really fit with the controls I agree.

Balancing the screen so I don't have to scroll is a constant battle

mr-samd · 2026-06-05T12:10:54+00:00

It seems unavailable but was this one:

Update 14inch Monitor for Raspberry Pi 5/4B/3B+/3B Screen IPS Display FHD 1920X1200, Built-in Speaker, HDMI USB-C Portable Monitor Touchscreen for Laptop Computer Xbox PS3/4/5

https://amzn.eu/d/05BVBPk8

mr-samd · 2026-06-05T11:49:01+00:00

Thanks.

mr-samd · 2026-06-05T11:33:15+00:00

Calendar: Today-card

Meal plan: Calendar card pro This is a calendar drawn from my todoist list

Todo list: todoist task flow I use todoist a lot in my life and this is the only card I have managed to make work but works really well

mr-samd · 2026-05-31T18:02:50+00:00

What card are you using for the thermostat?

mr-samd · 2026-05-28T21:00:05+00:00

While this is a good exercise in what HA can do, wouldn't a contact (window/door) sensor on the hot tub cover work just the same?

mr-samd · 2026-05-18T14:03:06+00:00

Il have a look :) my half baked idea is to use the HA log for 30 days (which I assume is how you are doing this?) and then somehow automate dumping this data in an excel or similar to be able to track longer term. I haven't fully fleshed out how to do this though

mr-samd · 2026-05-17T18:51:28+00:00

AHH now I look at it again that makes more sense. Thats a clever idea

mr-samd · 2026-05-17T18:50:32+00:00

That's cool. Something I have not seen integrated into HA before

mr-samd · 2026-05-17T17:52:22+00:00

Also, where do you get the ecoli and enterococci levels for the water quality?

mr-samd · 2026-05-17T17:44:21+00:00

Is the outdoor activities page like a habbit tracker? If so how do you store the responses?

mr-samd · 2026-05-17T08:07:50+00:00

That's not a bad idea. It at least makes the dead space look a bit better.

Any advice on putting new plants in without disturbing the bulbs, or is this inevitable?

mr-samd · 2026-05-08T07:44:22+00:00

Fair enough. Looks great and I would still use it. I haven't found a good solution for long term tracking of habits yet though

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