Card Room instructions on how to get temperature are unclear

[CaliLuke]

Describe the bug

I can't figure out how to use the "temperature" option to pass a room temperature to the card. I tried a variety of entities and configurations and it's not working properly.

The docs are unclear: https://ui-lovelace-minimalist.github.io/UI/usage/cards/card_room/#room-entity

To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:

Expected behavior I would like to see the temperature in the tile, a better example would probably suffice.

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[CaliLuke]

I figured it out by putting the thermostat as the main entity for the card. Still, that should be better documented. What is the "temperature" variable for? where does it go?

[CaliLuke]

So if I want to use the tap action for the main card to be a toggle, is there a way to make it not try toggling the temperature sensor?

[thiagobucca]

You can edit the card_room template and make something like this:

Line 16:

        if (variables.label_use_temperature && variables.temperature_entity) {
        return (states[`${variables.temperature_entity}`].state) + ('°C');

and in your dashboard:

       variables:
           label_use_temperature: true
           label_use_brightness: false
           temperature_entity: sensor.your_sensor

this way you can show temperature and keep the action for the main entity.

[sjoshua270]

So if I want to use the tap action for the main card to be a toggle, is there a way to make it not try toggling the temperature sensor?

Can you set tap_action for the whole card?