v1.3.1

AlertTicker Card v1.3.1

5 new features · 7 bug fixes

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✨ What's New

📹 Live Camera Stream in Overlay Banner

When a camera_entity is set, the new per-alert toggle camera_live: true replaces the static snapshot in the overlay banner with a live HLS / WebRTC stream powered by <ha-camera-stream>. Falls back silently to the static snapshot when the streaming component is not yet loaded by HA.

alerts:
  - entity: binary_sensor.front_door_motion
    state: "on"
    message: "Motion at front door"
    camera_entity: camera.front_door
    camera_live: true
    overlay_mode: true

Configurable in the visual editor — 📷 Camera section → Live stream toggle (visible only when a camera entity is selected).

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🖼️ Camera as Alert Card Background

New per-alert toggle camera_in_card: true shows the configured camera image as a full-bleed background layer behind the alert card slide — visible on every rotation, not just when the overlay fires. The card content is overlaid on top with a semi-transparent backdrop so all text and buttons remain readable. Works with all 41 themes.

alerts:
  - entity: binary_sensor.front_door_motion
    state: "on"
    message: "Motion at front door"
    theme: intruder
    camera_entity: camera.front_door
    camera_in_card: true

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🔘 Hide History / Snooze Buttons

Two new global options (both default true) to completely remove the action buttons from the card — useful for minimal layouts or dashboards where history and snooze are not needed. (#118)

show_history_button: false   # hide 📋
show_snooze_button: false    # hide 💤

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➡️ secondary_value_align: right — Per-Alert Layout

Move the secondary value (secondary_text, secondary_entity, or {timer}) to the right column on the same row as the message title instead of below it. This is a per-alert option — each alert in the card can use a different layout independently. The nav counter slot is hidden when active. (#118)

alerts:
  - entity: sensor.co2_ppm
    operator: ">"
    state: "1000"
    message: "CO₂ level critical"
    secondary_entity: sensor.co2_ppm
    secondary_value_align: right

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📝 history_message — Custom History Log Entry

Override what gets written to the history log for any alert. Useful when message is a complex Jinja2 template that would produce a verbose or meaningless log entry. Supports {name}, {state}, {entity} placeholders. When not set, the main message is recorded as before (non-breaking). (#114)

alerts:
  - entity: sensor.power_meter
    operator: ">"
    state: "3000"
    message: "{{ state_attr('sensor.power_meter','current_power') | round(0) }} W · {{ now().strftime('%H:%M') }}"
    history_message: "High power usage detected"

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🐛 Bug Fixes

#	Fix
#110	Music player badge_label ignored — badge_label now replaces "NOW PLAYING" when set; falls back to "NOW PLAYING" when absent
#110	Music player: entity/room name missing for entity_filter alerts — matched entity's friendly name is now shown as a subtitle below the artist line (respects show_filter_name: false)
#117	Timer secondary text invisible on HA light themes — timer_pulse and timer_ring themes now use var(--primary-text-color) for secondary text instead of the hardcoded white that was correct for dark themes only
#113	Card flicker with mixed {{ }} + {name} templates — WebSocket subscriptions that already have a cached result are no longer discarded on each set hass() call, eliminating the flicker between raw template and resolved value
#112	auto_dismiss_after not dismissing — timer callback now calls _computeActiveAlerts() directly instead of requestUpdate(), so the alert is actually removed from the rendered list when the timer expires
#107	trigger_delay fires early with multi-entity conditions — elapsed time is now computed from Math.max(last_changed) across all condition entities, not just the primary entity
#105 #119	Music player cover art blank with local HA image URLs — reads entity_picture_local first, falls back to entity_picture; fixes blank art with Spotify, local media, and iOS Companion App

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📦 Installation

HACS (recommended)

Search for AlertTicker Card in HACS → Frontend, or click:

Manual

Download alert-ticker-card.js and alert-ticker-card-editor.js from this release and copy both to /config/www/. Then hard-reload your browser (Ctrl+Shift+R).

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