Margin space if show_empty: false after upd. 2024.7

[Klaestrup]

After updating HA to 2024.7 I now have empty space (should be no space at all like before) if there are no entities present (with show_empty: false).
Maybe some CSS styling needed, but I'm not sure.

[ildar170975]

2024.7.1
Cannot confirm.

  - title: 13x
    path: 13x
    cards:
      - &ref_0
        type: gauge
        entity: input_number.test_level_1
      - type: custom:auto-entities
        card:
          type: entities
        filter:
          include:
            - entity_id: sun.sn
        show_empty: false
      - *ref_0
      - *ref_0
      - *ref_0
      - *ref_0
      - *ref_0

[Klaestrup]

Okay, it seems that it only happens when the auto-entities card is within a vertical stack card. On the picture below the lower card is a vertical stack card with 3 auto-entities cards included.

[ildar170975]

within a vertical stack card

A similar case: place 3 stock conditional cards inside a vertical stack - and make these conditions "false".
Then you will still see a stack card with some empty area inside.
Stack does not know that it's inner cards are hidden & shows gaps between them.
Means - not an auto-entities's card issue.

Update: for the record:

cards:
  - &ref_conditional_card
    type: entities
    entities:
      - sun.sun
      - sun.sun
    title: conditional
    visibility:
      - condition: state
        entity: input_boolean.test_boolean
        state: 'on'

  - &ref_normal_card
    type: picture
    image: /local/images/test/orange.jpg
    title: normal

  - type: vertical-stack
    cards:
      - *ref_conditional_card

  - *ref_normal_card

  - type: entities
    entities:
      - input_boolean.test_boolean

gives a margin in 2024.7.x:

[Klaestrup]

You're right that it does not seem to be an auto-entities issue - but again, it was not acting like that before the update.
So definitely a HA thing! ;-)

Thanks for your response!

[ildar170975]

it was not acting like that before the update.

Do not think so.

views:
  - title: Home
    cards:
      - &ref_ae
        type: custom:auto-entities
        card:
          type: entities
        filter:
          include:
            - entity_id: sun.sn
        show_empty: false

      - &ref_button
        show_name: true
        show_icon: true
        type: button
        tap_action:
          action: toggle
        entity: switch.virtual_switch_1

      - type: vertical-stack
        cards:
          - *ref_ae

      - *ref_button

      - type: vertical-stack
        cards:
          - *ref_ae
          - *ref_ae

      - *ref_button

[Klaestrup]

I was updating directly from 2024.6 to 2024.7.2, and on 2024.6 these spaces was not present, for sure. Because it's very easy to see on my dashboard.
However, I solved it with binary template sensor and conditional cards, as you also mentioned. That works perfectly!

[igorsantos07]

This effect might be related to my findings from a month ago, in a bug from April: it generates an empty HTML component, even when there's nothing to show on it.