I am new to Homey (December 2025), but have not seen any discussions regarding the topic of placing a friendly name on the buttons for Flows in the Dashboard. My naming convention was designed for development use and allows nice grouping and organization of my Flows, but to my wife and other family members, they are meaningless. As a result, it has become a barrier to their using the product. I have included a screenshot showing the issue (in the Features group) that I am describing.
Is it possible I am missing something? If not, is this something that I could create easily?
Thank you
Maybe not what you’re looking for, but
I seldom use the “start flow” function directly. Possibly because my flow names are usually long.
I start these flows by using virtual buttons.
I name the button with something about what the flow would do.
Then I can put those buttons in preferred zones, and add them to “favorite devices” to have them appear on the home screen.
(Virtual buttons become available when you enable .. More > Settings > Experiments > “Power User”)
Peter;
Thank you for your assistance. I have been using the Virtual Device app, but never thought of using them in this manner. Using your information I made a new Flows using “Friendly” names and just had them fire up my “Private” Flows. The only issue was trying to determine which “When” card was needed to start everything off. I discovered all that was needed was the standard “Start” card and away everything went.
Again, thanks.
Tom
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