Allow fine-grained control of entities in Area Card features (e.g. area-controls)

[francesconazzaro]

Currently, the area-controls feature of the Area Card only allows selecting domains for control, using this syntax:

features:
  - type: "area-controls"
    controls:
      - light
      - fan
      - switch

This automatically applies the control to all entities of the given domain in the area. While this works in simple cases, it lacks flexibility for more complex scenarios where more granular control is needed.

Feature Request

I'd like to request support for explicitly selecting individual entities in addition to domains. For example:

features:
  - type: "area-controls"
    controls:
      - entity_id: light.living_room
      - domain: fan
      - switch

Use Cases

• Only toggle a specific light or switch, not the entire domain.
• Avoid unintended control of all devices in a domain.
• Customize the card behavior to better reflect the actual use-case in that area.

Additional Suggestions (optional, but related)

Similarly, I’d also like to see more flexibility in selecting:

• Which sensor entities are shown in the card.
• Which sensors or entities trigger alerts in the card.

A configuration option like this would be useful:

sensors:
  - sensor.temperature_living_room
  - sensor.humidity_living_room

alerts:
  - binary_sensor.window_open

These additions would make the Area Card much more useful and customizable for users who want finer control over how their UI behaves and what is visible or interactive.

[francesconazzaro]

this is a duplicate of #25962