hi folks,
I’m constantly impressed with how slick HA is, but when it comes to the visual/yaml editor I become very confused. I do understand the simple rule “if you have a template in your (eg;) automation, then you must use the YAML editor”. What I don’t understand is WHY?
We see the template in the YAML editor, in text form. We can enter plain ascii, in text form, into the visual editor and all remains fine. We can enter the template into the visual editor, in text form. and then POOF! no more smart Visual Editor. What’s going on? I mean, the visual editor is not being asked to parse or compile or execute the template, it’s just being asked to hold in text form.
What is it about the dreaded text template, (the template is only ever entered in text form), that makes the Visual Editor have such a hissing fit? Apologies if this newbie is making waves for no reason, perhaps it really is too difficult a problem to solve, and because I’m new I don’t understand the difficulties.
If anyone can explain (using short words please) why this is not possible, I’d be grateful.
Frustrated newbie.
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