Drag & Drop Card Wiki · Section 10

Styling and card-mod

A comprehensive and user-friendly guide to creating modern, polished, and fully responsive Home Assistant dashboards using the Drag & Drop Card. This wiki combines clear explanations, practical real-world configuration examples, step-by-step walkthroughs, and visual references where they add the most value — making it easy for both beginners and advanced users to design powerful and visually appealing dashboards.

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Styling and card-mod

Styling can happen at several levels: the dashboard background, the default card background, individual card styles, DDC helper cards, and optional card-mod styling.

Use the simplest styling layer that solves the problem. If DDC already controls the visual setting directly, use that before reaching for card-mod.

Good styling practice

Keep backgrounds calm enough that controls stay readable.
Use consistent radius, spacing, and shadow across cards.
Use active colors to communicate state, not only decoration.
Document card-mod as a dependency if a shared dashboard requires it.

Last updated 2026-05-28.