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Expand Up @@ -43,3 +43,39 @@ Configuration variables:

Pick an icon that you can find on [materialdesignicons.com](https://materialdesignicons.com/) to use for your input and prefix the name with `mdi:`. For example `mdi:car`, `mdi:ambulance`, or `mdi:motorbike`.

### {% linkable_title Services %}

This components provide three services to modify the state of the `input_select`:

- `input_select.select_option`: This can be used to select a specific option. The option is passed as `option` attribute in the service data.
- `input_select.select_previous`: Select the previous option.
- `input_select.select_next`: Select the next option.

The following example shows the usage of the `input_select.select_option` service in an automation:

```yaml
# Example configuration.yaml entry
automation:
- alias: example automation
trigger:
platform: event
event_type: MY_CUSTOM_EVENT
action:
- service: input_select.select_option
data:
entity_id: input_select.who_cooks
option: Paulus
```

### {% linkable_title Scenes %}

To specify a target option in a [Scene](/components/scene/) you have to specify the target as `option` attribute:

```yaml
# Example configuration.yaml entry
scene:
- name: Example1
entities:
input_select.who_cooks:
option: Paulus
```