Add a UI for lock code management

Add a UI for lock code management

Lock Code Manager ships custom dashboard strategies (which generate Lovelace UI for you) and custom cards (which you compose yourself into a dashboard). Most people pick one or the other based on how much control they want.

Which approach should I pick?

You want…	Use…	Scope	Documented in
A whole dashboard auto-built from every LCM config entry — paste 2 lines, done	Dashboard strategy	Entire integration (all config entries)	UI Strategies → Dashboard strategy
To add a single LCM view to a dashboard you already maintain	View strategy	One config entry	UI Strategies → View strategy
To drop one slot or one lock into a sections-type view alongside non-LCM cards	Section strategies	One slot or one lock	UI Strategies → Section strategies
To fully hand-author a dashboard, picking exactly which cards live where	Custom cards	Per card	Custom Cards
The pre-2.0 entities-card UI	Legacy mode	Any of the above	UI Strategies → Legacy mode

Strategies and custom cards aren't mutually exclusive — a strategy ultimately just emits the same custom cards documented under Custom Cards. You can mix-and-match.

Quick start: dashboard strategy

This generates a dashboard with one view per LCM config entry, plus a "User Codes" view that shows every code on every managed lock.

Home Assistant 2026.5 and newer

1. Go to Settings → Dashboards → Add Dashboard.
2. Pick Lock Code Manager from the strategy list.
3. Choose a name (e.g. Lock Codes) and an icon, and save.

That's it — every config entry is auto-discovered.

Home Assistant 2026.4 and older (or to customize options)

The strategy picker only ships with HA 2026.5+, and even on newer HA the picker creates a dashboard with default options. If you need to set strategy options (collapsed sections, code-display mode, which sub-views to render, condition helper entities, etc.) you'll want the YAML path:

1. Go to Settings → Dashboards → Add Dashboard.

2. Choose a name (e.g. Lock Codes) and an icon.

3. Open the dashboard and click the pencil icon to edit.

4. Click the three-dot menu → Raw configuration editor.

5. Replace the contents with:

   strategy:
     type: custom:lock-code-manager

For the full options list, see UI Strategies → Dashboard strategy options.

Example