From ca325020d7be70a1beeb0b9390d9e841716abf3f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Marcin Bauer <marcinbauer85@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2026 12:09:11 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add Labs feature note to automation element picker (#28874)

Co-authored-by: Wendelin <w@pe8.at>
Co-authored-by: Wendelin <12148533+wendevlin@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 .../add-automation-element-dialog.ts          | 23 +++++++++++++++++--
 .../ha-automation-add-items.ts                | 21 +++++++++++++++--
 src/translations/en.json                      |  2 ++
 3 files changed, 42 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/panels/config/automation/add-automation-element-dialog.ts b/src/panels/config/automation/add-automation-element-dialog.ts
index 382ce6c8a4..5d0db1d5b4 100644
--- a/src/panels/config/automation/add-automation-element-dialog.ts
+++ b/src/panels/config/automation/add-automation-element-dialog.ts
@@ -436,6 +436,24 @@ class DialogAddAutomationElement
 
   // #region render
 
+  private _getEmptyNote(automationElementType: string) {
+    if (
+      automationElementType !== "trigger" &&
+      automationElementType !== "condition"
+    ) {
+      return undefined;
+    }
+
+    return this.hass.localize(
+      `ui.panel.config.automation.editor.${automationElementType}s.no_items_for_target_note`,
+      {
+        labs_link: html`<a href="/config/labs" @click=${this._close}
+          >${this.hass.localize("ui.panel.config.labs.caption")}</a
+        >`,
+      }
+    );
+  }
+
   protected render() {
     if (!this._params) {
       return nothing;
@@ -701,6 +719,7 @@ class DialogAddAutomationElement
                 .emptyLabel=${this.hass.localize(
                   `ui.panel.config.automation.editor.${automationElementType}s.no_items_for_target`
                 )}
+                .emptyNote=${this._getEmptyNote(automationElementType)}
                 .tooltipDescription=${this._tab === "targets"}
                 .target=${(this._tab === "targets" &&
                   this._selectedTarget &&
@@ -1696,9 +1715,9 @@ class DialogAddAutomationElement
 
   // #region interaction
 
-  private _close() {
+  private _close = () => {
     this._open = false;
-  }
+  };
 
   private _back() {
     mainWindow.history.back();
diff --git a/src/panels/config/automation/add-automation-element/ha-automation-add-items.ts b/src/panels/config/automation/add-automation-element/ha-automation-add-items.ts
index da9b77e45f..e64f33a33f 100644
--- a/src/panels/config/automation/add-automation-element/ha-automation-add-items.ts
+++ b/src/panels/config/automation/add-automation-element/ha-automation-add-items.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { mdiInformationOutline, mdiPlus } from "@mdi/js";
-import { LitElement, css, html, nothing } from "lit";
+import { LitElement, css, html, nothing, type TemplateResult } from "lit";
 import {
   customElement,
   eventOptions,
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ export class HaAutomationAddItems extends LitElement {
 
   @property({ attribute: "empty-label" }) public emptyLabel!: string;
 
+  @property({ attribute: false }) public emptyNote?: string | TemplateResult;
+
   @property({ attribute: false }) public target?: Target;
 
   @property({ attribute: false }) public getLabel!: (
@@ -79,6 +81,9 @@ export class HaAutomationAddItems extends LitElement {
             ? html`${this.emptyLabel}
               ${this.target
                 ? html`<div>${this._renderTarget(this.target)}</div>`
+                : nothing}
+              ${this.emptyNote
+                ? html`<div class="empty-note">${this.emptyNote}</div>`
                 : nothing}`
             : repeat(
                 this.items,
@@ -199,6 +204,7 @@ export class HaAutomationAddItems extends LitElement {
   static styles = css`
     :host {
       display: flex;
+      flex-grow: 1;
     }
     :host([scrollable]) .items {
       overflow: auto;
@@ -213,13 +219,24 @@ export class HaAutomationAddItems extends LitElement {
       background-color: var(--ha-color-surface-default);
       align-items: center;
       color: var(--ha-color-text-secondary);
-      padding: 0;
+      padding: var(--ha-space-4);
       margin: 0 var(--ha-space-4)
         max(var(--safe-area-inset-bottom), var(--ha-space-3));
       line-height: var(--ha-line-height-expanded);
       justify-content: center;
     }
 
+    .empty-note {
+      color: var(--ha-color-text-secondary);
+      margin-top: var(--ha-space-2);
+      text-align: center;
+    }
+
+    .empty-note a {
+      color: currentColor;
+      text-decoration: underline;
+    }
+
     .items.error {
       background-color: var(--ha-color-fill-danger-quiet-resting);
       color: var(--ha-color-on-danger-normal);
diff --git a/src/translations/en.json b/src/translations/en.json
index 562c976d9d..ce0a9b0a54 100644
--- a/src/translations/en.json
+++ b/src/translations/en.json
@@ -4162,6 +4162,7 @@
               "cut_to_clipboard": "Trigger cut to clipboard",
               "select": "Select a trigger",
               "no_items_for_target": "No triggers available for",
+              "no_items_for_target_note": "This is a {labs_link} feature. More triggers will be added in future updates.",
               "groups": {
                 "device": {
                   "label": "Device"
@@ -4433,6 +4434,7 @@
               "cut_to_clipboard": "Condition cut to clipboard",
               "select": "Select a condition",
               "no_items_for_target": "No conditions available for",
+              "no_items_for_target_note": "This is a {labs_link} feature. More conditions will be added in future updates.",
               "groups": {
                 "device": {
                   "label": "Device"