v2.5.0

In version 2.5.0 the method of displaying popup dialogs has been refactored to use the Home Assistant dialog manager. This change fixes a myriad of z-index issues that have been managed or worked around in the past. It also allows for multiple popups by popup tag. 😄

Breaking changes

• browser_mod.close_popup no longer closes standard more-info dialogs. To close a standard more-info dialog use browser_mod.more_info with no paramaters.

New Features

• New Panel sensor providing all information about the current Panel in view whether it be a lovelace panel, other Home Assistant Panel or a custom panel. Sensor value is the panel's name, including the current view when the panel is a lovelcace panel. Sensor attributes are PanelTitle, PanelUrlPath, PanelComponentName, PanelIcon, ViewTitle, ViewUrlPath, FullUrlPath, PopupOpen.
• Popup card (custom:popup-card) has two significant upgrades. See Popups section in README for more information.
  1. Popup card can now override more-info for multiple entities, or entities of area(s), label(s) and/or device(s).
  2. Popup card can now have a popup card ID which can be used in browser_mod.popup service allowing for popup cards to be used as template, saving lots of yaml crafting. Parameters supplied to browser_mod.popup override anything in the popup card.
• Support multiple popups per popup tag. See Multiple Popups section in POPUPS for more information.

Fixes

• Media player sometimes unavailable for versions 2.4.3 and 2.4.4
• Refcatoring of popup dialog means that all previous z-index issues with standard more-info dialogs and form pickers are no longer an issue.

Important

1. Popup parameter allow_nested_more_info has been removed. It can be removed from yaml though will cause no issues if not removed.
2. Refcatoring of popup dialog means mean that if you have styled the z-index/position CSS properties of popups to workaround form selector issues, these should now be removed as they are no longer required and may now cause their own z-index issues.

Thank you to @j9brown who provided his time for review of the changes for 2.5.0.

Full Changelog: v2.4.4...v2.5.0

v2.5.0-beta.2

In version 2.5.0 the method of displaying popup dialogs has been refactored to use the Home Assistant dialog manager. This change fixes a myriad of z-index issues that have been managed or worked around in the past. It also allows for multiple popups by popup tag. 😄

New Features

• New Panel sensor providing all information about the current Panel in view whether it be a lovelace panel, other Home Assistant Panel or a custom panel. Sensor value is the panel's name, including the current view when the panel is a lovelcace panel. Sensor attributes are PanelTitle, PanelUrlPath, PanelComponentName, PanelIcon, ViewTitle, ViewUrlPath, FullUrlPath, PopupOpen.
• Popup card (custom:popup-card) has two significant upgrades. See Popups section in README for more information.
  1. Popup card can now override more-info for multiple entities, or entities of area(s), label(s) and/or device(s).
  2. Popup card can now have a popup card ID which can be used in browser_mod.popup service allowing for popup cards to be used as template, saving lots of yaml crafting. Parameters supplied to browser_mod.popup override anything in the popup card.
• Support multiple popups per popup tag. See Multiple Popups section in POPUPS for more information.

Fixes

• Media player sometimes unavailable for versions 2.4.3 and 2.4.4
• Refcatoring of popup dialog means that all previous z-index issues with standard more-info dialogs and form pickers are no longer an issue.

Important

1. Popup parameter allow_nested_more_info has been removed. It can be removed from yaml though will cause no issues if not removed.
2. Refcatoring of popup dialog means mean that if you have styled the z-index/position CSS properties of popups to workaround form selector issues, these should now be removed as they are no longer required and may now cause their own z-index issues.

Thank you to @j9brown who provided his time for review of the changes for 2.5.0.

Full Changelog: v2.4.4...v2.5.0-beta.2

v2.4.4

This version requires Home Assistant 2025.8.0 or later

IMPORTANT: If your device suffers from a 'Reload' loop on version mismatch, you will not benefit from new code included to clear application caches until the next version release as your device is still using old browser_mod.refresh code. In this case you can use the workaround as decribed in this Wiki Article to clear application caches on the device.

New Features

• Allow for styling of popop buttons via variant and appearance using new button styles introduced in Home Assistant 2025.8. See SERVICES and POPUPS documentation for more information. (FR #958)

Fixes

• Update mwc-button to ha-button in line with ha-button changes in HA 2025.8 which drops mwc-button.
• Disable Register and Browser ID for non-admin users in Browser settings. Informative alert will show if user is not an admin. (Issue #783)
• Clear Frontend caches in browser_mod.refresh which is used by Version mismatch Reload action (Issue #943)

Full Changelog: v2.4.3...v2.4.4

v2.4.4-beta.6

IMPORTANT: If you are testing clearing Frontend caches to manage recurrent version mismatch errors, please note that you need your browser/device to have at least v2.4.4-beta.3 working (no version mismatch) before clearing Frontend caches will start working with 'Reload'. So a good test is to install v2.4.4-beta.3, clear cache using workaround, then install v2.4.4-beta.6 which should work fine on 'Reload'.

New Features

• Allow for styling of popop buttons via variant and appearance using new button styles introduced in Home Assistant 2025.8. See SERVICES and POPUPS documentation for more information. (FR #958)

Fixes

• Update mwc-button to ha-button in line with ha-button changes in HA 2025.8 which drops mwc-button.
• Disable Register and Browser ID for non-admin users in Browser settings. Informative alert will show if user is not an admin. (Issue #783)
• Clear Frontend caches in browser_mod.refresh which is used by Version mismatch Reload action (Issue #943)

Full Changelog: v2.4.3...v2.4.4-beta.6

v2.4.4-beta.5

IMPORTANT: If you are testing clearing Frontend caches to manage recurrent version mismatch errors, please note that you need your browser/device to have at least v2.4.4-beta.3 working (no version mismatch) before clearing Frontend caches will start working with 'Reload'. So a good test is to install v2.4.4-beta.3, clear cache using workaround, then install v2.4.4-beta.5 which should work fine on 'Reload'.

Fixes

• Update mwc-button to ha-button in line with ha-button changes in HA 2025.8 which drops mwc-button.
• Disable Register and Browser ID for non-admin users in Browser settings (Issue #783)
• Clear Frontend caches in browser_mod.refresh which is used by Version mismatch Reload action (Issue #943)
• UPDATED: Hide header fix which may be only partially hidden, generally on slower devices. (Issue #947)

Full Changelog: v2.4.3...v2.4.4-beta.4

v2.4.4-beta.4

IMPORTANT: If you are testing clearing Frontend caches to manage recurrent version mismatch errors, please note that you need your browser/device to have at least v2.4.4-beta.3 working (no version mismatch) before clearing Frontend caches will start working with 'Reload'. So a good test is to install v2.4.4-beta.3, clear cache using workaround, then install v2.4.4-beta.4 which should work fine on 'Reload'.

Fixes

• Clear Frontend caches in browser_mod.refresh which is used by Version mismatch Reload action (Issue #943)
• UPDATED: Hide header fix which may be only partially hidden, generally on slower devices. (Issue #947)

Full Changelog: v2.4.3...v2.4.4-beta.4

v2.4.4-beta.3

Fixes

• EXPERIEMNTAL: Clear Frontend caches in browser_mod.refresh which is used by Version mismatch Reload action (Issue #943)
• Hide header fix which may be only partially hidden, generally on slower devices. (Issue #947)

Full Changelog: v2.4.3...v2.4.4-beta.3

v2.4.4-beta.2

Fixes

• Hide header fix which may be only partially hidden, generally on slower devices. (Issue #947)

Full Changelog: v2.4.3...v2.4.4-beta.2

v2.4.4-beta.1

Fixes

• Hide header fix which may be only partially hidden, generally on slower devices and when used together with hide sidebar. (Issue #947)

Full Changelog: v2.4.3...v2.4.4-beta.1

v2.4.3

New Features

• Add activityType attribute to Activity sensor. While Activity is detected, activityType attribute will be one of userInteraction or fullyOnMotion. After the activity cooldown actvityType will revert to none. (Feature Request #939)
• Browser entity variables available for Frontend settings templates and for adding to action calls via browser_entities: THIS.

Fixes

• Fix BrowserID edit field display on small size screens after Frontend Home Assistant style change in 2025.7.
• Don't require audio interaction when media player disabled by user. (Issue #925)
• Only trigger activity on select fullyKiosk events. (Issue #927)

Full Changelog: v2.4.2...v2.4.3