Fans
Fan cards are grouped controls for Home Assistant fan entities. They can show a fan switch, speed slider, oscillation toggle, direction control, or preset picker.
Use Fan cards when you want fan-specific controls. Use Slider when you only need a simple fan speed slider, or Switch when you only need basic on/off fan control.
Setting Up a Fan Card
- Select a card and change its type to Fans.
- Choose the fan Type:
- Switch turns the fan on or off.
- Speed lets you drag a vertical slider from 0 to 100 percent.
- Oscillation toggles fan oscillation when the integration supports it.
- Direction changes fan direction when the integration supports it.
- Preset opens the fan's preset mode list when presets are available.
- Enter the Fan Entity, for example
fan.bedroom. - Set a Label if you want custom text. If left blank, the friendly name from Home Assistant is used when available.
- Choose the icon fields shown for the selected type.
Fan Types
| Type | What it does | Home Assistant support needed |
|---|---|---|
| Switch | Turns the fan on or off and shows active state. | Basic fan.turn_on and fan.turn_off support |
| Speed | Sets fan percentage from 0 to 100. | Percentage speed support |
| Oscillation | Toggles oscillation. | Oscillating support |
| Direction | Switches fan direction. | Direction support |
| Preset | Shows available preset modes and sends the selected preset. | preset_modes support |
How It Works on the Panel
- Switch behaves like a fan-specific Switch card with separate off and on icons.
- Speed behaves like a vertical slider and follows fan speed changes made elsewhere in Home Assistant.
- Oscillation shows and toggles the current oscillation state.
- Direction sends the supported direction change for the fan integration.
- Preset opens a picker using the preset modes Home Assistant reports for the entity.
Not every Home Assistant fan integration supports every feature. If a control does not appear to do anything, check the fan entity in Home Assistant and confirm the integration exposes that capability.
Requires Home Assistant actions
Fan cards send Home Assistant fan actions from the panel. If tapping or dragging a card does nothing, check Enable Actions.