Update BinarySensorCard to use Mushroom Chips card with default configuration

[dipseth]

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[dipseth]

Update Binary Sensor to use Chips card in Area Views, allowing native icons to be seen in the dashboard:

[dipseth]

FYI:

The third Chip, first column second row, is the result of a card option overriding the default. This is why it isn't green, though it is in an on state.

Part of my config

  card_options:
    binary_sensor.office_radar:
      type: custom:mushroom-chips-card
      chips:
        - type: entity
          entity: binary_sensor.office_radar

[DigiLive]

Firstly, thank you for your effort.

I need some more context.
If the goal is to show the "native" icons at a binary sensor card, we can accomplish this by changing the current default icon.
This can be tested by setting a card option, E.g.:

    card_options:
      binary_sensor.beweging_keuken_beweging:
        icon: null

If the goal is to change the entire appearance of the card so it looks like a chip, then we need to redefine the binary sensor class indeed.

@dipseth Please inform me about you actual goal.

[dipseth]

Firstly, thank you for your effort.

I need some more context. If the goal is to show the "native" icons at a binary sensor card, we can accomplish this by changing the current default icon. This can be tested by setting a card option, E.g.:

    card_options:
      binary_sensor.beweging_keuken_beweging:
        icon: null

If the goal is to change the entire appearance of the card so it looks like a chip, then we need to redefine the binary sensor class indeed.

@dipseth Please inform me about you actual goal.

I was having a hard time distinguishing all the different binary sensors without the icon, and repeating the card_options entry for every single binary sensor was not practical for me. I usually would just use card mod, but that didn't seem to work here as there was no obvious way to adjust to style for all these entites dynamically.

So I would my motivation was definitely the latter as I think the chips card makes it slot easier to see information I'm look for faster in the area views.

[DigiLive]

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@AalianKhan What's your opinion in the appearance matter?
IMHO For the binary sensors, the chipscard appearance is a bit out of context with the appearances of the other cards since they are smaller and indicating the on state by icon/icon-color only.
I'm OK with changing the default icon.

(I think the chipscard is more ideal for scenes, as suggested at #164).

versus

If we agree on accepting the chipscard appearance, we must decide on changing the current appearance or to add the chipscard as an alternative appearance for binary sensors.

[AalianKhan]

Hey Dipseth, Thanks for your efforts!
IMO, the current appearance of the card looks decent. Just having binary sensors look different looks a bit odd to me and destroys the continuity.

I think the best way forward is to add an option under the domain option where the user can define their card style for a set domain. That way the user has control over how any domain looks which may result in some creative dashboards that auto-generate which is one of my main goals with this project.

[DigiLive]

I'll see if I can introduce a chipscard for the benefit of #135 (Request 1).
Involves PR #164.

From there we can see if we can offer the chipscard as an alternative appearance for entities.