Card Visibilty

[bowentz]

I can't seem to figure this out and I'm sure it's something simple that I'm missing... I want to set the visibility of the card to show only when any of the alerts are true. I can add each entity to the visibility tab, but there must be an easier way. Any suggestions?

[jdfesa]

You do not need to add the alert entities to Home Assistant’s Visibility tab. AlertTicker already handles this internally and hides the entire card automatically when none of its configured alerts are active.
In the visual editor, open the All Clear tab and make sure Show when no alerts is disabled.

The equivalent YAML option is:

show_when_clear: false

This is already the default value, so you can normally remove the external visibility conditions entirely. As soon as any configured alert condition becomes true, the card appears; when no alerts are active, it hides again.

Also make sure that Card border is disabled, or in YAML:

card_border: false

When card_border is enabled, AlertTicker intentionally leaves a small dashed placeholder while the card would otherwise be hidden, so it remains discoverable in the dashboard editor.

Both behaviors are described in the project documentation:

• show_when_clear
• card_border
  Therefore, the simplest setup is to remove the entities from the Visibility tab and let AlertTicker determine its visibility from its own active alerts.

[bowentz]

Thanks!! Simple enough for even an idiot..