Sim
(Sim)
February 27, 2026, 10:16am
1
As for the Climate icons in the Location cards disappeared (OH5) , the alarm icons in the Location tabs have also disappeared.
The previous one referred to: [Design/Spec] Location semantic cards: header · Issue #556 · openhab/openhab-webui · GitHub
and now after “Location card: Various improvements and fixes#3245” (Location card: Various improvements and fixes by andrewfg · Pull Request #3245 · openhab/openhab-webui · GitHub ) to Semantic Model | openHAB
Badge
Type
Equipment
Point
Property
…
Projectors
Status
Projector
Status, Control, Switch
Power
Alarms
Status
Any
Alarm
Any
Luminance
Meas urement3
Any
Measurement
Light, Illuminance
…
I tried different combinations, but without any solution.
Any idea?
Thanks!
rlkoshak
(Rich Koshak)
February 27, 2026, 2:45pm
2
The badges are shown based on the semantic tagging of the Items. So what are those? Which ones have you tried? Often the UI won’t update until the Item’s state changes. Did you force a state change or fully refresh the browser page?
Sim
(Sim)
February 27, 2026, 3:09pm
3
I noticed today that, after the item’s status was changed, it no longer appears.
This is my configuration, which has always worked with previous versions.
Even after adding the “Semantic Property” or changing it to “Semantic Equipment”, it still does not appear.
I also tried refreshing the page (Ctrl+F5), using different browsers, and even changing the status, but nothing worked.
items.getItem("Item123").postUpdate("OFF")
...
items.getItem("Item123").postUpdate("ON")
rlkoshak
(Rich Koshak)
February 27, 2026, 6:29pm
4
OK, based on what I see it should work. All I can recommend is to report the behavior on openhab-webui. Either the docs need to be updated, or there is a regression.
Sim
(Sim)
March 2, 2026, 8:32am
5
Done:
opened 08:31AM - 02 Mar 26 UTC
closed 04:19PM - 02 Mar 26 UTC
bug
main ui
### Description
In openHAB 5 (OH5.x), alarm badges are no longer displayed in L… ocation cards in the Main UI.
This worked correctly in openHAB 4, where active alarm points contributed a badge/icon in the Location card header.
Therefore, this appears to be a regression introduced in OH5.
Forum discussion:
https://community.openhab.org/t/alarm-icons-in-the-location-cards-disappeared-oh5/168665
### Related Changes / References
The issue may be related to changes introduced in openhab-webui pull request #3245 (Location card improvements):
https://github.com/openhab/openhab-webui/pull/3245
According to the official documentation on badges:
https://www.openhab.org/docs/tutorial/model.html#badges
Alarm points should generate badges in semantic Location cards.
### Steps to Reproduce
1. Create a semantic model with a Location.
2. Add a Point with semantic class "Alarm" under that Location.
3. Trigger the alarm item to ON.
4. Open the Main UI and view the Location cards.
### Expected Behavior
When an Alarm point is active, the corresponding badge/icon should appear in the Location card header (as in OH4).
### Actual Behavior
No alarm badge/icon is displayed in Location cards in OH5, even when the alarm item is active.
### Environment
- openHAB version: OH5.x (current 5.1.2)
- Browser: Firefox / openHAB iOS App / etc..
Thanks!
UPDATE : an “Equipment” as “Parent Groups” solves the problem (as new requirement).