How to change which widget is displayed on multi-function devices?

[Sticks18 (Scott G)]

Unfortunately this feature disappeared when they moved to the new tile layout. See the below thread for custom code for things like the multi that will switch what the main sensor is.

New Things view Forces you to see what they want you to see in multi tile at top

The new multi tile feature and new App feature locks you into only the first option for the Main section. So if you have a multi sensor, or anything with more than one display tile, the first in the main will be shown only. The old app used to allow you to tap a small circle in each tile to set it as the default tile. Now, that option is gone. I will be putting together some alternative devicetypes for the new ones to display other tiles in the multitile view. For example: Moisture sensor shows dry/wet as the default, but frankly I really want to see the temp setting. This was possible in old app, now impossible with the updated devicetype. I will make available one that shows temp as the default. Same thing for multi sensors. If you want to fix these your self, the new devicetyp…

Note that using the custom code will move the device to running in the cloud as opposed to local with a v2 hub.

Another option is to search around for a SmartApp/device-type that let you pool multiple sensors into one view. I know there was one for battery levels called battery monitor, but I can’t find the threads right now.