Thanks, yeah I thought of that too. I just didnt like the idea of having my display refresh when the display is on. It just looks weird when suddenly everything reloads.
What time interval would you use to have the page refreshed? It's just a feeling but sometimes I feel that it needs refreshing every 10 to 15 minutes.....anything longer than that will make the dashboard unresponsive/not working properly.
So I'm starting to get really frustated here. This in my opinion is a MAJOR issue and should be adressed immediately. I bought hubitat (with import fees and everything) to replace my smartthings dashboard which was too slow in my opinion.
Hubitat dashboard is fast alright - but only when it works correctly!!
It is beyond annoying how unresponsive the dashboard gets when it hasnt been refreshed for lets say 20 minites or so.....tiles not reacting, button pushes not working, states not showing correctly.
How come this is not the biggest discussion here st all?
Ive heard about sharptools....but I believe its cloud based so way slower, right?
Any other alternatives? I read about some app calles "supertile".....
Agree. It kinda sucks right now. Many tiles don't update properly and a browser refresh is often required. I'm also finding some strange effects with my zigbee bulbs where if I click on the bulb to turn it off, it never updates the tile properly until a browser refresh, and another where if I change from coloured to white, as soon as I exit the pop up color settings window with the 'x' at the top right, the light resets to the previous color again. The dashboard is very unreliable in my opinion and probably the weakest part of the system. I wish we had proper widgets and that at least the app had a proper devices page that didn't rely on this klunky html technology that obviously doesn't work properly.
Is there a way to forward this thread to a staff member? I would only like to know if they are aware and working on it.
Otherwise I will have to resort to sharptools.....if there isnt any other alternative.....
I think @patrick is the staff member who seems to focus on all things dashboard related. I believe they are aware of most of these issues and working hard to resolve them...
As a new user from ST - I love the fact that everything is local - BUT
I have to agree this dashboard issue really annoying - especially for the wife acceptance factor.
On top of the fact that my Zwave lock isn't reporting correctly and weird behavior with lighting polling when using physical switch to turn on - Starting to wonder if I made the wrong choice.
/rant
I think I might try out sharptools today.....
I think this dashboard issue may be browser/OS related. I dont have issues with devices out of sync on my dashboards, either on the app or on safari on Macs and iPads. I do have devices that go out of sync due to z-wave, but thats at the device level.
What browser and OS are folks seeing the dashboard out of sync with?
Android 9.0 with fully kiosk browser here.
I'm seeing it with Chrome and Chromium type browsers.
iOS and Chrome
Dashboards not refreshing is a huge problem for me. iOS and Chrome.
is the refresh issue the same on cloud and local dashboards?
I've never tried the cloud version. Im going to try it today to see if it makes a difference.
Android Chrome
So has the update (which claimes to have improved the dashboard) improved anything for anybody?
In my case I believe it got more reliable. But Im still testing....what Im still encountering is that sometimes the dashboard doesnt react on first touch but needs to be touched a second time for a tile to react.
But so far it didnt get totally stuck like it used to!
Edit: just updated to 2.1.5.120 so apparently stuff got improved again. Im really excited that they tackle the problem!
Ok here my update on this: general response got a lot better and the dashboard more reliable with the latest updates.
However I still notice the occasional tile getting stuck (saying "sending" although the action happened).
The most apparent issue for me still is that the first touch on a tile often doesnt work. Tiles often only work on second touch giving you the feeling as if you didnt touch properly the first time.
What about you guys?
If only one or two devices are showing this problem, its unlikely an issue with dashboards in general. I would focus on the device itself. From the device edit page, does the status always update immediately and correctly when you turn it on and off? If not, then the tile won't either. Whenever ive seen the hour-glass, it means the device is not reporting back its status properly, due mostly to bad z-wave.
Well I only noticed it with my hue lights....but these are the tiles I use the most....so maybe that's why.
I cant actively repoduce the error. Sometimes everything works in an instant. Other times I have to press a tile like 2 or three times to make my lights go on.....
I have 3 tablets running dashboards. Whenever I do a reboot on my hub the dashboards no longer update. I have to change screens to get it to start updating again. When I say change screens, I have a link on the main dashboard to another one. I just select that and then go back.
2 of my tablets are old enuf that the dashboards won't run on Fully, I have to use Chrome. The other one is on Fully and I can do an automatic refresh there that usually works. But the other 2 not.
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