Allow rendering helper text from strings.json

src/components/ha-base-time-input.ts

@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ export class HaBaseTimeInput extends LitElement {
    */
   @property() label?: string;
 
+  /**
+   * Helper for the input
+   */
+  @property() helper?: string;
+
   /**
    * auto validate time inputs
    */
@@ -207,6 +212,7 @@ export class HaBaseTimeInput extends LitElement {
               <mwc-list-item value="PM">PM</mwc-list-item>
             </ha-select>`}
       </div>
+      ${this.helper ? html`<div class="helper">${this.helper}</div>` : ""}
     `;
   }
 
@@ -303,6 +309,13 @@ export class HaBaseTimeInput extends LitElement {
       color: var(--mdc-theme-text-primary-on-background, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87));
       padding-left: 4px;
     }
+
+    .helper {
+      color: var(--mdc-text-field-label-ink-color, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6));
+      font-size: 0.75rem;
+      padding-left: 16px;
+      padding-right: 16px;
+    }
   `;
 }
 

src/components/ha-duration-input.ts

@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ class HaDurationInput extends LitElement {
 
   @property() public label?: string;
 
+  @property() public helper?: string;
+
   @property({ type: Boolean }) public required?: boolean;
 
   @property({ type: Boolean }) public enableMillisecond?: boolean;
@@ -35,6 +37,7 @@ class HaDurationInput extends LitElement {
     return html`
       <ha-base-time-input
         .label=${this.label}
+        .helper=${this.helper}
         .required=${this.required}
         .autoValidate=${this.required}
         .disabled=${this.disabled}

src/components/ha-form/ha-form-string.ts

@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ export class HaFormString extends LitElement implements HaFormElement {
 
   @property() public label!: string;
 
+  @property() public helper?: string;
+
   @property({ type: Boolean }) public disabled = false;
 
   @state() private _unmaskedPassword = false;
@@ -53,6 +55,8 @@ export class HaFormString extends LitElement implements HaFormElement {
           : "password"}
         .label=${this.label}
         .value=${this.data || ""}
+        .helper=${this.helper}
+        helperPersistent
         .disabled=${this.disabled}
         .required=${this.schema.required}
         .autoValidate=${this.schema.required}

src/components/ha-selector/ha-selector-duration.ts

@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ export class HaTimeDuration extends LitElement {
 
   @property() public label?: string;
 
+  @property() public helper?: string;
+
   @property({ type: Boolean }) public disabled = false;
 
   @property({ type: Boolean }) public required = true;
@@ -22,6 +24,7 @@ export class HaTimeDuration extends LitElement {
     return html`
       <ha-duration-input
         .label=${this.label}
+        .helper=${this.helper}
         .data=${this.value}
         .disabled=${this.disabled}
         .required=${this.required}

src/components/ha-selector/ha-selector-number.ts

@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ export class HaNumberSelector extends LitElement {
 
   @property() public label?: string;
 
+  @property() public helper?: string;
+
   @property({ type: Boolean }) public required = true;
 
   @property({ type: Boolean }) public disabled = false;
@@ -48,6 +50,8 @@ export class HaNumberSelector extends LitElement {
         .max=${this.selector.number.max}
         .value=${this.value ?? ""}
         .step=${this.selector.number.step ?? 1}
+        helperPersistent
+        .helper=${this.helper}
         .disabled=${this.disabled}
         .required=${this.required}
         .suffix=${this.selector.number.unit_of_measurement}

src/components/ha-selector/ha-selector-text.ts

@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ export class HaTextSelector extends LitElement {
 
   @property() public placeholder?: string;
 
+  @property() public helper?: string;
+
   @property() public selector!: StringSelector;
 
   @property({ type: Boolean }) public disabled = false;
@@ -32,6 +34,8 @@ export class HaTextSelector extends LitElement {
         .label=${this.label}
         .placeholder=${this.placeholder}
         .value=${this.value || ""}
+        .helper=${this.helper}
+        helperPersistent
         .disabled=${this.disabled}
         @input=${this._handleChange}
         autocapitalize="none"
@@ -44,6 +48,8 @@ export class HaTextSelector extends LitElement {
     return html`<ha-textfield
         .value=${this.value || ""}
         .placeholder=${this.placeholder || ""}
+        .helper=${this.helper}
+        helperPersistent
         .disabled=${this.disabled}
         .type=${this._unmaskedPassword ? "text" : this.selector.text?.type}
         @input=${this._handleChange}

src/dialogs/config-flow/dialog-data-entry-flow.ts

@@ -14,9 +14,7 @@ import { fireEvent, HASSDomEvent } from "../../common/dom/fire_event";
 import { computeRTL } from "../../common/util/compute_rtl";
 import "../../components/ha-circular-progress";
 import "../../components/ha-dialog";
-import "../../components/ha-form/ha-form";
 import "../../components/ha-icon-button";
-import "../../components/ha-markdown";
 import {
   AreaRegistryEntry,
   subscribeAreaRegistry,

src/dialogs/config-flow/show-dialog-config-flow.ts

@@ -91,6 +91,12 @@ export const showConfigFlowDialog = (
       );
     },
 
+    renderShowFormStepFieldHelper(hass, step, field) {
+      return hass.localize(
+        `component.${step.handler}.config.step.${step.step_id}.data_description.${field.name}`
+      );
+    },
+
     renderShowFormStepFieldError(hass, step, error) {
       return hass.localize(
         `component.${step.handler}.config.error.${error}`,

src/dialogs/config-flow/show-dialog-data-entry-flow.ts

@@ -50,6 +50,12 @@ export interface FlowConfig {
     field: HaFormSchema
   ): string;
 
+  renderShowFormStepFieldHelper(
+    hass: HomeAssistant,
+    step: DataEntryFlowStepForm,
+    field: HaFormSchema
+  ): string;
+
   renderShowFormStepFieldError(
     hass: HomeAssistant,
     step: DataEntryFlowStepForm,

src/dialogs/config-flow/show-dialog-options-flow.ts

@@ -89,6 +89,12 @@ export const showOptionsFlowDialog = (
         );
       },
 
+      renderShowFormStepFieldHelper(hass, step, field) {
+        return hass.localize(
+          `component.${configEntry.domain}.options.step.${step.step_id}.data_description.${field.name}`
+        );
+      },
+
       renderShowFormStepFieldError(hass, step, error) {
         return hass.localize(
           `component.${configEntry.domain}.options.error.${error}`,

src/dialogs/config-flow/step-flow-form.ts

@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ class StepFlowForm extends LitElement {
           .schema=${step.data_schema}
           .error=${step.errors}
           .computeLabel=${this._labelCallback}
+          .computeHelper=${this._helperCallback}
           .computeError=${this._errorCallback}
         ></ha-form>
       </div>
@@ -166,6 +167,9 @@ class StepFlowForm extends LitElement {
   private _labelCallback = (field: HaFormSchema): string =>
     this.flowConfig.renderShowFormStepFieldLabel(this.hass, this.step, field);
 
+  private _helperCallback = (field: HaFormSchema): string =>
+    this.flowConfig.renderShowFormStepFieldHelper(this.hass, this.step, field);
+
   private _errorCallback = (error: string) =>
     this.flowConfig.renderShowFormStepFieldError(this.hass, this.step, error);