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The Quick Access bar

Works with: Home Assistant, Apple Home3 minute read

A strip of your most-used lights and scenes, plus All Off, one press away at the bottom of the screen.

What this is

The Quick Access bar is a row of buttons along the bottom edge of the dashboard: All Off, then the lights, scenes and scripts you choose. It is meant for the last thing you do at night and the first thing in the morning, without hunting for a card.

Showing it

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With a card on the bottom row highlighted, press the bottom edge of the pad once more. The bar rises from the foot of the screen.

Move along the bar with the left and right edges of the pad. Press the center on a light to turn it on or off, on a scene to run it, or on All Off to turn every light off. Press up or Back to return to the cards.

Choosing what is on it

  1. Open Settings (press Back on the dashboard) and choose Dashboard.
  2. Move down to the Quick Controls card.
  3. Show Quick Access Bar turns the whole strip on or off. Off gives the space back to the cards.
  4. Under it is a list of every light, scene and script Theatrium can see. Tick the ones you want. They appear in the order you tick them.
  5. Maximum Quick Access Buttons caps how many appear, counting All Off. Keep it to what fits comfortably on one line.