Gate

A gate card controls a Home Assistant cover entity (such as an electric driveway gate) as a simple toggle, or as dedicated open, close, and stop commands.

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

Setting Up a Gate

1. Select a card and change its type to Gate.
2. Choose an Interaction.
   • Toggle opens or closes the gate with one card.
   • Open sends only an open command.
   • Close sends only a close command.
   • Stop sends only a stop command, useful for gates that support stopping mid-travel.
3. Enter an Entity — the Home Assistant gate cover entity, for example cover.driveway_gate.
4. Set Label Display for toggle cards.
   • Label shows the card label normally, then briefly shows the live gate state when it changes.
   • Status keeps the live gate state visible on the card.
5. Choose the icons. Toggle cards use closed and open icons, while Open, Close, and Stop 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, Close, or Stop.

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.
• In Stop mode, tapping the card sends cover.stop_cover.
• Toggle cards light up while the gate 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, Close, and Stop command cards briefly flash when tapped. They do not stay highlighted based on the live gate state.