Scroll Text Between Input Texts.yaml

blueprint:
  name: Scroll Text Between Input Texts (by toben1997)
  description: Scrolls the text in a Home Assistant input_text and displays it in another input_text. **Note:** The scroll interval is set to 3 second by default. To change it, you need to take control of the blueprint and modify the YAML code of the trigger.
  domain: automation
  author: toben1997
  source_url: "https://github.com/toben1997/KNX-Home-Assistant/blob/main/Scroll%20Text%20Between%20Input%20Texts.yaml"
  input:
    source_input_text:
      name: Source Input Text
      description: The input text to be scrolled. **Note:** The source input_text entity can have any length.
      selector:
        entity:
          domain: input_text
    text_position_input:
      name: Text Position Input
      description: The input_text entity that keeps track of the current scroll position.
      selector:
        entity:
          domain: input_text
    target_input_text:
      name: Target Input Text
      description: The input_text entity where the scrolled text will be displayed. **Note:** The target input_text entity must be set to a maximum of 14 characters. The displayed text will be reduced to 14 characters.
      selector:
        entity:
          domain: input_text
    use_control_entity:
      name: Use Control Entity
      description: Whether to use a control entity to determine if scrolling should occur.
      selector:
        boolean: {}
    control_entity:
      name: Control Entity
      default: ''
      description: The entity that controls whether the text should be scrolled based on its state.
      selector:
        entity: {}
    control_entity_state:
      name: Control Entity State
      default: ''
      description: The state of the control entity that triggers scrolling.
      selector:
        text:
    scroll_length:
      name: Scroll Length
      description: The number of characters to scroll at a time.
      selector:
        number:
          min: 1
          max: 14
          mode: slider

variables:
  source_input_text: !input source_input_text
  text_position_input: !input text_position_input
  target_input_text: !input target_input_text
  use_control_entity: !input use_control_entity
  control_entity: !input control_entity
  control_entity_state: !input control_entity_state
  scroll_length: !input scroll_length

trigger:
  - platform: time_pattern
    seconds: "/3"

condition:
  - condition: template
    value_template: >-
      {{ not use_control_entity or is_state(control_entity, control_entity_state) }}

action:
  - variables:
      full_text: "{{ states(source_input_text) }}"
      current_position: "{{ states(text_position_input) | int(0) }}"
      text_length: "{{ full_text | length }}"
      scroll_step: "{{ scroll_length }}"
  - choose:
      - conditions:
          - condition: template
            value_template: "{{ current_position + 14 > text_length }}"
        sequence:
          - service: input_text.set_value
            target:
              entity_id: !input 'text_position_input'
            data:
              value: 0
          - service: input_text.set_value
            target:
              entity_id: !input 'target_input_text'
            data:
              value: "{{ full_text[:14] }}"
      - conditions:
          - condition: template
            value_template: "{{ current_position + 14 <= text_length }}"
        sequence:
          - service: input_text.set_value
            target:
              entity_id: !input 'text_position_input'
            data:
              value: "{{ current_position + scroll_step }}"
          - service: input_text.set_value
            target:
              entity_id: !input 'target_input_text'
            data:
              value: "{{ full_text[current_position:current_position + 14] }}"

mode: single