Change Switch Label from On/Off to Words?

Devices & Integrations
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I created a new device in the IDE using the Simulated Switch type. The Icon on the Things page just shows the “ON/OFF” status in the bottom gray portion.

Is it possible to change that ON/OFF wording on the bottom of the icon to a number? That way I can identify the correct simulated plug

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I guess I sort of got this for now. I created a new Custom Device Type and have changed the label to ${name} which works for the ON/OFF, and if I give label TEST, then it’ll show test.

Any way to make it dynamic so I can assign this to 8 buttons and have it show the label of the device?

standardTile("button", "device.switch", width: 2, height: 2) {
			state "off", label: '${name}', action: "switch.on", icon: "st.Outdoor.outdoor12", backgroundColor: "#ffffff", nextState: "on"
			state "on", label: '${name}', action: "switch.off", icon: "st.Outdoor.outdoor12", backgroundColor: "#79b821", nextState: "off"
		}
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I see some other labels using ${currentValue}, but can’t seem to get a dynamic number in that area instead of On/Off.

I guess I could create 8 custom device types, all with the specific label I’m looking for, but it would be great to somehow pull the info off the device’s display name.

Thoughts?

4

If it was me, I would probably just use the SmartTiles dashboard app instead. You can do a lot of customization with that.

It was developed by a community member, then officially recognized by SmartThings so there’s a one button install process.

Lightweight browser client, so works on most phones and tablets. Very popular, you’ll find a lot of discussion in the forums. (It was previously called actiON)

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Thanks. Yeah I am already using the SmartTiles. While it’s a great app, it’s not quite what I need for this particular item.

I’ve also tried changing background images for the tile. Would be great to just dynamically change the On/Off wording so I have 1 custom device type for 8 tiles

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6

Yeah, I wish we could easily define display labels!

Have you tried using the transparent icon trick? Or does that not fit the use case either?

7

Yeah I’ve tried that too. That would be acceptable for sure, but the backgrounds wouldn’t take. I saw some other people in the thread were having trouble too.

Would be nice if something like label: "${device.displayName}" worked, then I’d be all set :smile:

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this is exactly what i’d like to do. Anyone come up with a work around to include the device name in the label?