Let's Control It

@TD-er: by chance i have noticed that the dashboard.esp is missing in the latest build.
Is this intentional?

This is for sure not intentional.

Just to be sure... what is no longer working?
I was just looking into the bug when serving the favicon.ico file, so I'm now looking into this part of the code.
But I don't really get what might be wrong, so please explain.

Ohh i missed your post...

What build are you using?
The exact binary name

ESP_Easy_mega_20221017_normal_ESP8266_4M1M

I'm not sure a default dashboard.esp was ever included? It has to be uploaded manually to the unit...

I think he -of all people here- probably does do this as he's right now probably the most experienced "dashboard.esp" user out there

Ath wrote: ↑10 Nov 2022, 11:48 I'm not sure a default dashboard.esp was ever included? It has to be uploaded manually to the unit...

As long as i am using ESPeasy there was always a "standard" dashboard.esp in every build (i ever used) included without the need to upload anything.

TD-er wrote: ↑10 Nov 2022, 11:51 I think he -of all people here- probably does do this as he's right now probably the most experienced "dashboard.esp" user out there

That's meant ironically, isn't it? Dashboard.esp was the reason to create easyfetch, as i was never quite happy with it...

Edit: The question now could be: Why he -of all people here- notice the missing dashboard.esp when he ist using exclusively his own dashboard....

Hmm the "dashboard.esp" default handler may have been broken indeed.
To be honest, I also thought you had to upload some file.
I will look into the history of the file handling this code to see where I might have messed up.

Old:
https://github.com/letscontrolit/ESPEas ... pp#L79-L83

New:
https://github.com/letscontrolit/ESPEas ... #L234-L243

So it appears I did indeed mess up here.
The call to handle the custom page used to be before the path was checked to actually exist.
Now it is after it checked whether the file exists.

if it were up to me you could remove the integrated dashboard.esp completely and leave only the manual upload option...

Removing features from a (quite) widely used software is always a challenge, that would need at least a *very* easy migration path (and IMHO EasyFetch, though it might be easy, is not *very* easy, but maybe that's because of my limited use of it).

Easyfetch is definitely not easy in use and would not be an alternative for the dashboard.esp
But i question the usefullness of dashboard.esp.
It offers an overview of your devices which can also be found on the devices page and you can switch between nodes which can be found also on the main page.... its a bit of a redundancy which also doesn’t look as good as the data on the corresponding pages....

Maybe we could polish the whole thing up a bit....

To be honest, it looks a bit anachronistic compared to the rest of ESPeasy, euphemistically speaking.
Edit: and as far as i remember you have to manually refresh it to update the values

Here a simple mockup with the things we already have. Basically i left out the unnecessary columns....
So we could make a bit nicer dashboard.esp

I also noticed there is no dark mode option in the "ESP_Easy_mega_20221105_collection_A_ESP8266_4M1M.bin". Was looking forward to that for my keypad unit upgrade. Need Keypad - HT16K33 and RFID - PN532 in the same build.

No dark mode at all?

Edit: Did you activated it under tools/advanced?
Edit2: You are right, no option there

There is this code in define_plugin_sets.h:
And the Collection builds all have LIMIT_BUILD_SIZE set...

@budman1758 are you able to make your own build or do you need one?
and this is actually not the right thread for this since it is about the missing dashboard.esp as the title states

chromo23 wrote: ↑12 Nov 2022, 20:43 @budman1758 are you able to make your own build or do you need one?

I'm not set up to make my own builds yet. Did'nt mean to hijack the thread. The option to enable the dark mode is not on the advanced settings page.

@budman1758 here ist you freshly baked morning build. Enjoy

chromo23 wrote: ↑13 Nov 2022, 10:57 @budman1758 here ist you freshly baked morning build. Enjoy

Thanks a bunch!! Looks great. Methinks the dark mode should be standard equipment on all builds.

Hello

Sorry to bring this old topic on top. I still missing the dashboard on the latest release ESP_Easy_mega_20230409_normal_ESP8266_4M1M.
Is there a fix ongoing or it stays as it is?
Is there a workaround besides stay on the old releases?

Bluesea wrote: ↑30 Apr 2023, 19:51 Is there a fix ongoing or it stays as it is?
Is there a workaround besides stay on the old releases?

I've just created a pull request (PR) on Github (#4637) to fix this bug.
You can download a build of that code from this Actions run, once it's ready. You will need to be logged in to your Github account to be able to download, you can create such account for free if you don't have one yet.

Please report your findings here or in the PR.

NB: There is no workaround, unfortunately, but the fix is small, so will probably be merged soon.

Thank you very much! Dashboard looks good again. Including Dark Mode. Cool!
I use that function for a cheap website dashboard over all sensors.

Bluesea wrote: ↑01 May 2023, 12:40 I use that function for a cheap website dashboard over all sensors.

If you want a more modern look of your dashboard you can also try easyfetch. (link is in my signature)
Just download the "fetch.html.gz" (or if you want to have it as the root page download "index.htm.gz") and upload it on one (it only needs to run on one device) of your devices (/tools -> filebrowser).
Open the easyfetch : <ESPeasy-IP>/fetcht.hml.gz (Or if you uploaded "index.htm.gz" just enter the ip)