Style the F1 Sensor card with custom CSS

The F1 Sensor card includes visual appearance controls for common changes and scoped custom CSS for advanced layouts. Custom CSS affects only the card where you add it.

Start with the visual editor

Use the normal appearance controls before adding CSS:

1. Edit the F1 Sensor card.
2. Open Appearance.
3. Choose the style, theme, density, surface, typography and colors you want.
4. Open Custom CSS (advanced) only for changes that the normal controls do not provide.

The preview uses the same CSS as the saved card. Save the dashboard only after checking the narrow and wide layouts you use.

Add custom CSS

1. Open Appearance and then Custom CSS (advanced).
2. Enter CSS without a styles: prefix.
3. Check the preview.
4. Save the card in Home Assistant.

Use Reset custom CSS to remove the entire custom stylesheet. Resetting the normal appearance controls does not remove custom CSS.

When you edit a dashboard as YAML, use the styles property:

type: custom:f1-sensor-card
title: Race control
modules:
  - id: main-timing
    type: timing
styles: |
  ha-card {
    --f1-card-radius: 22px;
    --f1-surface: rgba(20, 25, 32, 0.88);
    backdrop-filter: blur(16px);
  }

  f1-module-view[data-module-type="timing"] {
    --f1-cell-padding: 6px 8px;
  }

  f1-module-view[data-module-type="timing"]::part(module-title) {
    color: var(--f1-accent);
    text-transform: uppercase;
  }

Use the supported variables

Set variables on ha-card to style the complete card. Set them on one f1-module-view to change only that module.

Variable	Controls
--f1-card-radius	Outer card corner radius
--f1-card-padding	Outer card spacing
--f1-minimal-padding	Outer spacing for the Minimal style
--f1-module-gap	Space between modules
--f1-section-space	Space between headings and sections
--f1-cell-padding	Timing and result table cell spacing
--f1-item-padding	Compact list item spacing
--f1-table-radius	Table frame corner radius
--f1-surface	Main card and control background
--f1-panel	Secondary panels and table headings
--f1-row-alternate	Alternating table row background
--f1-text	Primary text color
--f1-muted	Secondary text color
--f1-border	Strong borders
--f1-divider	Dividers and subtle borders
--f1-accent	Decorative card accent
--f1-focus	Keyboard focus outline and links
--f1-hover	Hover background for controls
--f1-heading-font	Module heading font family
--f1-heading-transform	Module heading text transformation
--f1-module-heading-size	Module heading size
--f1-numerals	Numeric font variant, such as tabular-nums

Timing status colors remain separate from decorative styling. Change them under Accessibility and timing colors so their text and shape equivalents remain available.

Target one module

Every module exposes its saved type and id:

f1-module-view[data-module-type="weather"] {
  --f1-panel: rgba(80, 130, 180, 0.12);
}

f1-module-view[data-module-id="main-timing"] {
  --f1-table-radius: 14px;
}

Use data-module-type for every module of one type. Use data-module-id for one specific saved module. Module ids stay with the module when you reorder it.

Style public parts

Module content is inside a Shadow DOM. Use the following public parts instead of depending on private class names:

Part	Content
module-content	Complete module content
module-header	Module heading row
module-title	Module title
module-badge	Session or status badge beside the title
empty-state	Missing or unavailable data message
table-container	Scrollable table frame
table	Timing or result table
table-header	Table heading group
table-row	Table row
table-cell	Table heading or value cell
driver-detail-row	Expanded Timing table row beneath a selected driver
driver-detail	Content inside one expanded driver's row
result-grid	Result grid instead of a table
result-card	One result in a result grid
metrics	Overview metric collection
metric	One overview metric
controls	Module-specific controls
map	Track Map component
chart	Progression or lap chart component
telemetry	Replay telemetry component

For example:

f1-module-view::part(module-header) {
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--f1-divider);
  padding-bottom: 8px;
}

f1-module-view[data-module-type="timing"]::part(table-row) {
  font-size: 0.92rem;
}

The card shell also exposes named elements including card, header, title, card-title, toolbar, tabs, modules, viewing-controls and empty-state. Inside the custom CSS editor, target these with normal selectors such as ha-card, [part~="toolbar"] or [part~="tabs"].

Understand the boundaries

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Custom CSS can hide controls, reduce contrast or create layouts that do not fit every screen. Check keyboard focus, light and dark themes, narrow layouts and the accessibility settings you use.

The custom stylesheet is limited to 32,768 characters and stays inside this card. JavaScript templates, @import rules and url() resources are not supported. Use the normal image, logo and typography settings instead of loading remote resources from CSS.

The documented variables, module data attributes and parts are the supported styling interface. Other internal class names can change between versions.

See card accessibility for contrast, motion, keyboard and screen-reader guidance.