Support easy sorting according to next collection

[i-C-o-d-e-r]

Hi,

first things first: Thanks for this nice integration. Works perfectly!

I created dedicated entities per waste type and show them in the entities card. However I would like to sort the entities according to the next collection. So the waste type that is about to be collected next should be displayed first and so on.

I could use a markdown card or even better auto-entities, which natively supports sorting. However if the state of the dedicated entity is "in 12 days", it is difficult or impossible to support sorting.

I could create a template sensor for each entity where I add a attribute "daysTo", but this is....painful. It would make more sense, if you would also support an attribute_template for the sensor or just add the numeric property "daysTo" to the attributes by default.

I hope my point is clear. I am sure a lot of people would love to sort the entities.

Thanks in advance

[mampfes]

Hi, I think I got your point :-)

Adding an attribute to support sorting of entities in the UI sounds reasonable and feasible. I didn't add it be default so far, because this would pollute the "more-info" window. I would add an option to the configuration which appends a daysTo attribute.

I'm not sure if an attribute_template is a good idea, because this would add a lot of complexity if you want to support arbitrary informations, like list of upcoming events, etc.

Currently I work on another feature (calendar). I would look into your request after I have finished this feature.

Regards

[i-C-o-d-e-r]

Thanks! Looking forward to try it out.

[mampfes]

Please check version 1.2.0. You now have to ability add an attribute daysTo to the entity state if you add add_days_to: True to the sensor configuration of your waste type specific sensor.

Please let me know if this works for you.

[i-C-o-d-e-r]

It works perfectly! Thank you very much for this lightning fast implementation of my feature request. I appreciate it.

[martin3000]

why is the "daysTo" attribute not standard (default)? is there any disadvantage in having it?

[mampfes]

daysTo has been added later. And as I didn't want to change the existing configurations it is an optional attribute.