New Idle Screen Options & Navigate Actions

Building off the momentum of yesterdays release, here are some new options to get you around even faster.

TLDR

• idle_screen now has two new default screen options: search-recently-played and search-next-up, so the card can open automatically to the Recently Played or Next Up lists when idle.
• Navigate has been added to custom actions with navigation_path to trigger panels, pop-ups, or external URLs directly from the card.
• New menu_item options to create an action button to go to recently played or next up queues

The highlights below are organized by configuration tab.

Look & Feel

• Expanded the Idle Screen options:
  • default standard view.
  • search opens to the search sheet.
  • search-recently-played opens to Recently Played.
  • search-next-up opens to the Next Up queue.

Example

idle_screen: search-next-up

Actions

• Added an action type for Navigate.
• Provide a navigation_path to target:
  • Dashboard routes such as /lovelace/media.
  • Hash anchors like #popup-living-room.
  • External URLs.
• External URLs can optionally open in a new browser tab when navigation_new_tab is set to true.
• Menu-driven actions gained two new menu_item shortcuts—search-recently-played and search-next-up—so you can jump straight into those filters from an action.

Example

actions:
  - name: Living Room View
    icon: mdi:television
    action: navigate
    navigation_path: "#living"
  - name: YAMP Github
    icon: mdi:open-in-new
    action: navigate
    navigation_path: "https://github.com/jianyu-li/yet-another-media-player"
    navigation_new_tab: true