[RELEASE] SmartGrid - Create grids of controls that you can access from anywhere

garyjmilne · August 21, 2025, 1:58am

I have an update version of SmartGrid to release when a particular bug gets fixed.
See here.

The main feature is the ability to create iFrame rows so that you can embed another URL of interest within a SmartGrid. In the example below I've embedded a Tile Builder Grid endpoint within my main Overview SmartGrid.

I can collapse this section just as I do any others using Custom Sort order.

If it takes up more than the space allowed you will get scroll bars.

This change lets me simplify my main dashboard by condensing a few items together.

This will be made available when the above mentioned bug is fixed.

garyjmilne · October 31, 2025, 12:29am

The bug I referenced here appears to be fixed in version 2.4.3.137, possibly earlier.

I'm getting a surgery tomorrow so I don't want to post code and potentially break something when I'm in no position to fix it. So I will post some updated code next week.

Here are a few examples of how I'm using it.

Timbb · October 31, 2025, 5:04am

I hope all goes really well in surgery. And thanks for the great app.

garyjmilne · November 3, 2025, 2:19am

I have release SmartGrid 4.5.3. It has the following changes.

All references to Pinned Rows have been removed. This has been replaced with the manual sort order feature.

Add iFrame Row feature.
This lets you add rows that will be used to host iFrames to other endpoints.

Allows you to embed other endpoints within a SmartGrid.
Example 1

In this example the TV Remote scales to the size of the row automatically because that is how it is designed.

Example 2
Collapse them when you don't need to see them.

Open up the ones you are interested in.

In these the height of the rows are a fixed size set by the designer. If a table changes and no longer fits scroll bars will appear.

Sorry I've been somewhat inactive lately. That bug really halted my progress as this was an important feature to me and I could no release it until now. Hopefully I'll be a bit more active.

The next item is to get thermostats working directly within SmartGrid. I'm not yet sure what approach I will take, but leveraging the iFrame control is probably the best approach and not jam too much UI code into SmartGrid.

No updates to the documentation yet but they will come next week.