Input_button with call-service action not working.

[jeremypsl]

Hello,

Little problem with an input_button with a call-service action :

entity: fan.fan_room_1
type: custom:multiple-entity-row
name: Room 1
toggle: true
state_color: true
show_state: true
entities:
- entity: input_button.fan_room_1
  type: button
  name: ' '
  icon: mdi:arrow-right-circle-outline
  tap_action:
    action: call-service
    service: fan.set_direction
    data:
      direction: forward
    target:
      entity_id: fan.fan_room_1

Error is "must contain at least one of entity_id, device_id, area_id."

Without the type: custom:multiple-entity-row, it's working normally.

Thanks.

[ildar170975]

The “type: button” string is not supported by this card.

[svalsemey]

Hello,

Using the new HA 2024.8+ supported syntax (perform-action instead of call-service), this should work as well:

entity: input_button.fan_room_1
type: custom:multiple-entity-row
name: Room 1 fan
show_state: false
entities:
- entity: input_button.fan_room_1
  icon: mdi:arrow-right-circle-outline
  tap_action:
    action: perform-action
    perform_action: input_button.fan_room_1
    target:
      entity_id: input_button.fan_room_1

But it is not (no action is launched).

If I try to set it with a toggle, it says: "No action found: button.turn_on". I guess this is because buttons are still handled as input_booleans, although buttons cannot be "toggled", but "pressed".

entity: input_button.fan_room_1
type: custom:multiple-entity-row
name: Room 1 fan
show_state: false
entities:
- entity: input_button.fan_room_1
  icon: mdi:arrow-right-circle-outline
  tap_action:
    action: toggle

Thanks.

[ildar170975]

Using the new HA 2024.8+ supported syntax (perform-action instead of call-service), this should work as well:

m-e-r uses own Actions; also check here.
Own Actions are clearly explained in Docs.
The 1st post contains a wrong code, should be

  tap_action:
    action: call-service
    service: ...
    service_data:
      ...

Not a bug - merely a user's error.

For pressing a button:

  tap_action:
    action: call-service
    service: input_button.press
    service_data:
      entity_id: input_button.xxx