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Garage Door

A garage door card controls a Home Assistant cover entity as a simple toggle, or as dedicated open and close commands.

Unlike a Cover card, it does not show a slider. It normally shows your label, then briefly swaps that label for the live door state when the state changes.

Setting Up a Garage Door

  1. Select a card and change its type to Garage Door.
  2. Choose an Interaction.
    • Toggle opens or closes the door with one card.
    • Open sends only an open command.
    • Close sends only a close command.
  3. Enter an Entity — the Home Assistant garage door cover entity, for example cover.garage_door.
  4. Set Label Display for toggle cards.
    • Label shows the card label normally, then briefly shows the live door state when it changes.
    • Status keeps the live door state visible on the card.
  5. Choose the icons. Toggle cards use closed and open icons, while Open and Close command cards use a single icon.
  6. Set a Label (optional). If left blank, toggle cards use the entity's friendly name from Home Assistant, and command cards show Open or Close.

How It Works on the Panel

  • In Toggle mode, tapping the card sends a toggle action to Home Assistant.
  • In Open mode, tapping the card sends cover.open_cover.
  • In Close mode, tapping the card sends cover.close_cover.
  • Toggle cards light up while the door is open, opening, or closing.
  • Toggle cards can show the Home Assistant state, such as Open, Closed, Opening, or Closing, either briefly or all the time depending on Label Display.
  • Open and Close command cards briefly flash when tapped. They do not stay highlighted based on the live door state.