Q: When is an entity active?

[Johan Vromans]

From the docs:

state_color | bool | false | Enable colored icon when entity is active

When is an entity active?

[ildar170975]

It is related to binary entities only:
binary_sensor
switch
input_boolean
sun

[Johan Vromans]

Understandable. However, I use it for a binary sensor (sun.sun) but the icon still doesn't change colour.

  - type: custom:template-entity-row
    entity: sun.sun
    state_color: true
    condition: '{{ is_state(''sun.sun'',''above_horizon'') }}'
    name: Daglicht
    state: |-
      {{ as_timestamp(states.sun.sun.attributes.next_rising)
         | float | timestamp_custom('%H:%M')}}
      —
      {{ as_timestamp(states.sun.sun.attributes.next_setting)
         | float | timestamp_custom('%H:%M')}}

The dashboard does not show a coloured icon, when I click on it the info dialog does show a coloured icon.

[ildar170975]

The code is not related to the multiple-entity-row.

[Johan Vromans]

Oops... Sorry... Bad cut/paste.

[ildar170975]

Please close the issue if it is solved!))

[Johan Vromans]

I've been struggling with the icon colours in custom:template-entity-row and I thought I had similar problems in custom:multiple-entity-row, hence the confusion.
AFAICS, multiple-entity-row behaves correctly.

Thanks for your patience and apologies for the noise.