node-red-contrib-ui-multistate-switch

A Node Red node to show a switch with multiple states in the Node-RED dashboard.

All credits for the CSS go to hotnipi, my partner in crime for this node!

Install

Run the following npm command in your Node-RED user directory (typically ~/.node-red):

npm install node-red-contrib-ui-multistate-switch

Node usage

This node allows to show a multi-state switch in a few steps:

Specify all the available options in the config screen:

The label is the text that will be displayed, while the value will be used in the input and output messages.
These options will be displayed in the dashboard:

As soon as a button is clicked, it's value will be send in the msg.payload of the output message.
It is also possible to inject an input message, with the new value in the msg.payload. The corresponding option will automatically be selected in the dashboard.
Note that a larger series of short options can be specified:

Styling with CSS

It is very easy to adjust the styling of this switch widget by using CSS.

The following `flow contains a Template node with a very simple CSS script to get rounded corners:

[{"id":"11079fb1.5eebe","type":"ui_template","z":"2b6f5d19.202242","group":"9f2da61.3353758","name":"Dashboard CSS","order":2,"width":12,"height":1,"format":"<style>\n    .multistate-switch-wrapper{\n        border-radius:15px;\n    }\n    .multistate-switch-slider{\n        border-radius:15px;\n    }\n</style>","storeOutMessages":true,"fwdInMessages":true,"resendOnRefresh":true,"templateScope":"global","x":460,"y":1960,"wires":[[]]},{"id":"1730cdc0.2bad52","type":"ui_multistate_switch","z":"2b6f5d19.202242","name":"","group":"28a39865.fa3608","order":2,"width":"9","height":0,"label":"Thermostat","options":[{"label":"Option 0","value":"option_0","valueType":"str"},{"label":"Option 1","value":"option_1","valueType":"str"},{"label":"Option 2","value":"option_2","valueType":"str"}],"x":460,"y":1900,"wires":[[]]},{"id":"9f2da61.3353758","type":"ui_group","name":"Flight","tab":"d6d3c358.5fb46","order":1,"disp":true,"width":"12","collapse":false},{"id":"28a39865.fa3608","type":"ui_group","z":"","name":"Default","tab":"d8520920.0128d8","order":1,"disp":true,"width":"9","collapse":false},{"id":"d6d3c358.5fb46","type":"ui_tab","name":"Home","icon":"dashboard","order":1,"disabled":false,"hidden":false},{"id":"d8520920.0128d8","type":"ui_tab","name":"Home","icon":"dashboard","disabled":false,"hidden":false}]

Which will look like this:

Example flow

The following flow shows switch button with 2, 3 and 4 states:

[{"id":"cad2fee2.d0e9a","type":"ui_multistate_switch","z":"2b6f5d19.202242","name":"3-state switch","group":"612af469.b217fc","order":2,"width":"6","height":3,"options":[{"label":"First","value":"first_option","valueType":"str"},{"label":"Second","value":"second_option","valueType":"str"},{"label":"Third","value":"third_option","valueType":"str"}],"x":400,"y":2220,"wires":[["204b263a.64c4ea"]]},{"id":"2f9978f4.c5c708","type":"inject","z":"2b6f5d19.202242","name":"Select first","props":[{"p":"payload"}],"repeat":"","crontab":"","once":false,"onceDelay":0.1,"topic":"","payload":"first_option","payloadType":"str","x":180,"y":2220,"wires":[["cad2fee2.d0e9a"]]},{"id":"d0d75a6b.688648","type":"inject","z":"2b6f5d19.202242","name":"Select second","props":[{"p":"payload"}],"repeat":"","crontab":"","once":false,"onceDelay":0.1,"topic":"","payload":"second_option","payloadType":"str","x":190,"y":2260,"wires":[["cad2fee2.d0e9a"]]},{"id":"ec5eea26.350f68","type":"inject","z":"2b6f5d19.202242","name":"Select third","props":[{"p":"payload"}],"repeat":"","crontab":"","once":false,"onceDelay":0.1,"topic":"","payload":"third_option","payloadType":"str","x":190,"y":2300,"wires":[["cad2fee2.d0e9a"]]},{"id":"204b263a.64c4ea","type":"debug","z":"2b6f5d19.202242","name":"Selected option","active":true,"tosidebar":true,"console":false,"tostatus":false,"complete":"payload","targetType":"msg","statusVal":"","statusType":"auto","x":620,"y":2220,"wires":[]},{"id":"9e1ef6a4.789a78","type":"ui_multistate_switch","z":"2b6f5d19.202242","name":"2-state switch","group":"612af469.b217fc","order":2,"width":"6","height":3,"options":[{"label":"First","value":"first_option","valueType":"str"},{"label":"Second","value":"second_option","valueType":"str"}],"x":400,"y":2100,"wires":[["f5052e2b.ebb15"]]},{"id":"5f12e1c3.2fc9c","type":"inject","z":"2b6f5d19.202242","name":"Select first","props":[{"p":"payload"}],"repeat":"","crontab":"","once":false,"onceDelay":0.1,"topic":"","payload":"first_option","payloadType":"str","x":180,"y":2100,"wires":[["9e1ef6a4.789a78"]]},{"id":"bfe7e4fe.173e28","type":"inject","z":"2b6f5d19.202242","name":"Select second","props":[{"p":"payload"}],"repeat":"","crontab":"","once":false,"onceDelay":0.1,"topic":"","payload":"second_option","payloadType":"str","x":190,"y":2140,"wires":[["9e1ef6a4.789a78"]]},{"id":"f5052e2b.ebb15","type":"debug","z":"2b6f5d19.202242","name":"Selected option","active":true,"tosidebar":true,"console":false,"tostatus":false,"complete":"payload","targetType":"msg","statusVal":"","statusType":"auto","x":600,"y":2100,"wires":[]},{"id":"dba495.71ba6b68","type":"ui_multistate_switch","z":"2b6f5d19.202242","name":"4-state switch","group":"612af469.b217fc","order":2,"width":"6","height":3,"options":[{"label":"First","value":"first_option","valueType":"str"},{"label":"Second","value":"second_option","valueType":"str"},{"label":"Third","value":"third_option","valueType":"str"},{"label":"Fourth","value":"fourth_option","valueType":"str"}],"x":400,"y":2360,"wires":[["b2c354b7.91a278"]]},{"id":"a8af40bb.3ab29","type":"inject","z":"2b6f5d19.202242","name":"Select first","props":[{"p":"payload"}],"repeat":"","crontab":"","once":false,"onceDelay":0.1,"topic":"","payload":"first_option","payloadType":"str","x":180,"y":2360,"wires":[["dba495.71ba6b68"]]},{"id":"92caac75.e96de","type":"inject","z":"2b6f5d19.202242","name":"Select second","props":[{"p":"payload"}],"repeat":"","crontab":"","once":false,"onceDelay":0.1,"topic":"","payload":"second_option","payloadType":"str","x":190,"y":2400,"wires":[["dba495.71ba6b68"]]},{"id":"7babbe84.20f2f","type":"inject","z":"2b6f5d19.202242","name":"Select third","props":[{"p":"payload"}],"repeat":"","crontab":"","once":false,"onceDelay":0.1,"topic":"","payload":"third_option","payloadType":"str","x":190,"y":2440,"wires":[["dba495.71ba6b68"]]},{"id":"b2c354b7.91a278","type":"debug","z":"2b6f5d19.202242","name":"Selected option","active":true,"tosidebar":true,"console":false,"tostatus":false,"complete":"payload","targetType":"msg","statusVal":"","statusType":"auto","x":620,"y":2360,"wires":[]},{"id":"8b3e3285.223a2","type":"inject","z":"2b6f5d19.202242","name":"Select fourth","props":[{"p":"payload"}],"repeat":"","crontab":"","once":false,"onceDelay":0.1,"topic":"","payload":"fourth_option","payloadType":"str","x":190,"y":2480,"wires":[["dba495.71ba6b68"]]},{"id":"612af469.b217fc","type":"ui_group","z":"","name":"Default","tab":"969376dd.5b27e8","order":1,"disp":true,"width":"6","collapse":false},{"id":"969376dd.5b27e8","type":"ui_tab","z":"","name":"Switch","icon":"dashboard","disabled":false,"hidden":false}]

Some notes about the messages:

Input msg: the msg.payload should contain the value of the option that needs to be selected.
Output msg: the msg.payload will contain the value of the option that has been selected.

Use cases

A list of possible use cases for this node:

Switch a thermostate on/off manually, or put it on automatic mode (i.e. controlled e.g. by a setpoint profile):
Switch a light on/off manually, or put it on automatic mode (i.e; controlled by a PIR sensor):