# Ability to choose tile's capbility **URL:** \ **Category:** Ideas & Suggestions\ **Created:** [June 18, 2019, 8:55am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ability-to-choose-tiles-capbility/14544 "2019-06-18T08:55:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jamie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jamie/32/5274_2.png) [@Jamie](https://community.homey.app/u/Jamie)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2019, 8:55am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ability-to-choose-tiles-capbility/14544/1 "2019-06-18T08:55:17Z")
Athom have stated that they would like for the community to ‘discuss’ ideas in this forum, and any ideas which gain traction might be read. So with out further ado. Based upon a discussion [elsewhere](https://community.homey.app/t/displaying-real-time-information-in-tiles/14254/10). When a device is added to homey it currently displays one of the capabilities, (chosen by Athom). This is either not always the most logical or correct capability to show upon the title. While I understand the reasoning behind this, I believe that some flexibility could be added while retaining the current functionality. I am suggesting a couple of things. ### 1) Add the ability to show additional capabilities upon the tile Which capabilities can be shown upon a title is very restrictive. I understand that the UI should not be sacrificed for UX, and an amazing job has been done to ensure that the tile capabilities are clear and expected. But I have faith in Athom that more elements could be added while keeping the great looking app for example : by rounding the values and using different UI elements it could remain clear. While Temperature and Power (measure) seem to be the most requested, volume and battery would be easy ones to add and obviously other sensor capabilities such as Humidity, Luminescence Air Quality, etc would be great - but harder. ( **NB** : I Don’t have window coverings so I don’t know how they are displayed) * * * ### 2) Ignore device class when deciding which tile capability to display With v2, we were now able to choose the ‘right’ device class (ie. camera, sensor, alarm, etc) - for the device with our worrying about what capabilities the device had. However there seems to be a throwback to version 1 still where the device class is still effecting which capabilities show upon the title. (contact sensors do not show upon ‘other’ tiles. – motion alarms do not show on camera tiles, etc.) Ideally the device class has nothing to do with which capability shows upon the tile. * * * ### 3) Allow the developer to choose which capability to show. The developer is going to have the best understanding of which capability should be shown upon the tile for their specific device, For example, when adding a device class camera - I would like the motion alarm capability to show. Giving the developers of the device the ability to choose which is the ‘best fit’ is going to give a much better experience on a device by device bases. * * * ### 4) Allow users to choose which capability is displayed upon the tile. Finally, when a device has multiple capabilities which _can_ be shown on the title, the user should be able to change the ‘default’ capability to what ever makes the most sense for their home / setup. This could even be done with out adding new capabilities. For example, I don’t care about the motion alarm upon my ecobee sensors, I only care about the temperature (which sets my aircon). * * * ---
**Author:** ![Kermit62](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/kermit62/32/11851_2.png) [@Kermit62](https://community.homey.app/u/Kermit62)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2019, 10:18am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ability-to-choose-tiles-capbility/14544/2 "2019-06-18T10:18:53Z")
What a great job ! I couldn’t ask better. I would like so much to be able to do that ! ---
**Author:** ![Tiwas](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/tiwas/32/10066_2.png) [@Tiwas](https://community.homey.app/u/Tiwas)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2019, 10:22am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ability-to-choose-tiles-capbility/14544/3 "2019-06-18T10:22:37Z")
Second that. If it’s a performance issue, a control panel could be a way around it. Only show a select set of devices, but let the control panel pull any label from the device. ---
**Author:** ![Otter](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/otter/32/11467_2.png) [@Otter](https://community.homey.app/u/Otter)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2019, 7:02am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ability-to-choose-tiles-capbility/14544/4 "2019-06-20T07:02:50Z")
would really love to have the values of the sensor in the app, just like homeydash, just choose the value you want to display. hear hear! ---
**Author:** ![Kermit62](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/kermit62/32/11851_2.png) [@Kermit62](https://community.homey.app/u/Kermit62)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2019, 8:00pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ability-to-choose-tiles-capbility/14544/5 "2019-06-26T20:00:08Z")
Yes, that’s a great idea ! ---
**Author:** ![Jamie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jamie/32/5274_2.png) [@Jamie](https://community.homey.app/u/Jamie)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2019, 10:51am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ability-to-choose-tiles-capbility/14544/6 "2019-08-02T10:51:47Z")
Unfortunately still nothing from Athom … ---
**Author:** ![Westerlind.r](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/westerlind.r/32/8793_2.png) [@Westerlind.r](https://community.homey.app/u/Westerlind.r)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2019, 4:28pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ability-to-choose-tiles-capbility/14544/7 "2019-08-13T16:28:00Z")
Great idea, Athom should fix that👍 ---
**Author:** ![Robin\_van\_Kekem](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/robin_van_kekem/32/8187_2.png) [@Robin\_van\_Kekem](https://community.homey.app/u/Robin_van_Kekem)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2019, 7:34am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ability-to-choose-tiles-capbility/14544/8 "2019-09-27T07:34:17Z")
Yes please! +1 ---
**Author:** ![David\_K](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/david_k/32/10319_2.png) [@David\_K](https://community.homey.app/u/David_K)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2019, 1:51pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ability-to-choose-tiles-capbility/14544/9 "2019-09-27T13:51:15Z")
This would have the biggest impact on the gui as far I’m concerned. GUI itself is quite acceptable at-least to my standards only thing missing is tile customization. This definitely includes tile capabilities that will be displayed but also tile sort, order, icons and similar. Actually tiles are quite unfinished… However, I’ve just sent [Feature request](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc8j_GfID4adV4w5ogNtIX1-AqVWrkgIo3bOjkoNtqlHMM0xw/viewform?usp=mail_form_link) so you never know, mybe just that request will be the trigger to get it done. 😃 😃 😃 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![ja.nei.johan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/ja.nei.johan/32/16384_2.png) [@ja.nei.johan](https://community.homey.app/u/ja.nei.johan)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2019, 11:08am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ability-to-choose-tiles-capbility/14544/10 "2019-12-20T11:08:02Z")
+1 ---
**Author:** ![Driesk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/driesk/32/10666_2.png) [@Driesk](https://community.homey.app/u/Driesk)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2019, 5:40pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ability-to-choose-tiles-capbility/14544/11 "2019-12-20T17:40:20Z")
+1 ---
**Author:** ![JPe4619](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jpe4619/32/9017_2.png) [@JPe4619](https://community.homey.app/u/JPe4619)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2019, 6:25pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ability-to-choose-tiles-capbility/14544/12 "2019-12-22T18:25:37Z")
Probably Athom did not see this 19 likes (up till now): ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/6/a/6a902c581c185f9ea6232ae61948e7233cbd7c8b.png) ---
**Author:** ![Jamie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jamie/32/5274_2.png) [@Jamie](https://community.homey.app/u/Jamie)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2019, 9:57am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ability-to-choose-tiles-capbility/14544/13 "2019-12-26T09:57:40Z")
Perhaps it needs more likes … ---
**Author:** ![danone](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/danone/32/115743_2.png) [@danone](https://community.homey.app/u/danone)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2020, 7:37am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ability-to-choose-tiles-capbility/14544/14 "2020-01-18T07:37:39Z")
Here is a big one Jamie! ❤ ---
**Author:** ![xeeder](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/xeeder/32/3937_2.png) [@xeeder](https://community.homey.app/u/xeeder)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2020, 10:29pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ability-to-choose-tiles-capbility/14544/15 "2020-01-18T22:29:38Z")
I was thinking this from the start…! ---
**Author:** ![Andrea\_M](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/andrea_m/32/18744_2.png) [@Andrea\_M](https://community.homey.app/u/Andrea_M)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2020, 6:49am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ability-to-choose-tiles-capbility/14544/16 "2020-01-19T06:49:28Z")
I would love too have temp indication on tiles. ---
**Author:** ![DidierVU](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/didiervu/32/12458_2.png) [@DidierVU](https://community.homey.app/u/DidierVU)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2020, 3:25pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ability-to-choose-tiles-capbility/14544/17 "2020-01-19T15:25:14Z")
Bring. It. On! ---
**Author:** ![MarkP](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/markp/32/18174_2.png) [@MarkP](https://community.homey.app/u/MarkP)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2020, 6:43pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ability-to-choose-tiles-capbility/14544/18 "2020-02-06T18:43:37Z")
Would be really nice. ---
**Author:** ![JackDaniel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jackdaniel/32/11278_2.png) [@JackDaniel](https://community.homey.app/u/JackDaniel)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2020, 6:09pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ability-to-choose-tiles-capbility/14544/19 "2020-02-08T18:09:47Z")
+1 ---
**Author:** ![bdnl](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/bdnl/32/27614_2.png) [@bdnl](https://community.homey.app/u/bdnl)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2020, 9:02pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ability-to-choose-tiles-capbility/14544/20 "2020-06-10T21:02:12Z")
+1 ! My homewizard thermostat has it (temperature in upper right corner of the tile), so why can’t a simple temperature sensor have it? [Next page](https://community.homey.app/t/ability-to-choose-tiles-capbility/14544.md?page=2)