Hi, I have been looking for a way to display dynamically updated multiline text in Homey, but I haven’t been able to find any app or existing solution that can do this properly. What I would like is actually quite simple: somewhere in Homey where I can easily access and display a block of dynamica…

Could this help? [image] Small, simple screen that can be controlled by homey Devices I am looking for a small screen that I can control trough homey flows. Purpose? Show a weather icon and calendar items in de morning. Energy usage and production and such. A…

The Enhanced Device Widget app has a HTML widget which can show anything you feed it with. Example [image] [APP][Pro] Enhanced Device Widgets. Live 1.1.29, Test 1.1.30 Apps Hi Adrian, Today my Homey updated the Enhanced Device Widget app to version v1.1.28. …

[image] David_Bjornhart: Am I overlooking an existing app or Homey feature that can do this? Yeah, ill show you, give me a moment… @David_Bjornhart Like @Peter_Kawa mentioned: The Enhanced Device Widget. And yes, it can handle HTML input, but that might not be what you need or want. It al…

Just play around with it a bit, but if you use the “Improved set status card”, and for backgroundcolor use 8 digits for its hex-color #00000000, the background will be the default Homey color, bause the color is transparent (the lasts 2 digits of 8 hex-digits is its transparancy). [image]

Other then that, just FYI: I am in the process of creating a Widget for the Better Logic Library App. It supports multiline for text variables. (But its not done yet, so kinda useless for you right now :joy:)

Thanks for the great Enhanced Device Widget, especially the Status Display feature! I’ve created a nice energy dashboard using HTML and HomeyScript, showing my battery status, solar production and charging schedule. Really flexible and useful. Great work!

Displaying dynamically updated multiline text in Homey

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dsdevries September 26, 2026, 6:59am 2

Could this help?

Or, if you are looking to just display some text in the app of Homey, then apps like this could do the trick:

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Displaying dynamically updated multiline text in Homey

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