Soon available in Home Assistant, planned or just a workaround
Thanks to the active community, Home Assistant is constantly being developed and improved, but Home Assistant is still not (completely) perfect. On this page I collect missing functions, features or little things that have potential for improvement.
Planned features and functions: in progress
Home Assistant; Charts: Scroll- Zoom; Development status
Something is happening: the long-neglected history in Home Assistant is getting numerous improvements. With the 2025-01 release, the charts are getting a rudimentary zoom function, among other things. Rudimentary, because currently only one chart can be zoomed when there are several charts. And it is not yet possible to scroll to an older area. The chart library Chart.js currently in use is increasingly reaching its performance limits. New features such as the dynamic loading of data and the eff... ... continue reading
Statistics diagram: missing date / time selection
Change the date and time of statistics graph cards by selection. ... continue reading
New: Home Assistant history: previous and next buttons
Previous and Next buttons in Home Assistant: My pull request in Github was accepted and has been secretly and quietly migrated to the Home Assistant release 2024.12. Since 2025.1, the buttons are also visible on mobile devices thanks to a further layout adjustment. ... continue reading
Implemented: More-Info: Logbook for text sensors
Another change suggestion that I submitted to Home Assistant has now been implemented. In the "More Info" view of text sensors, not only the history but also the logbook is now displayed. This change is currently in the DEV version and will be included in the next release. ... continue reading
Current development areas
Energy Dashboard - Cards also for other dashboards?
The positioning of the Energy Dashboard in Home Assistant is currently being discussed. ... continue reading
Role access control in Home Assistant: Why it's important.
The lack of role-based access control (RBAC) in Home Assistant is repeatedly criticized: The top topic in the 2024 Month of "What the heck?". Role-based access control could be used to restrict access to certain devices or location data for certain family members or guests. RBAC could not only make Home Assistant more secure, but also accessible for larger installations. ... continue reading