compat

esphome/components/api/api.proto

@@ -1143,7 +1143,7 @@ message ListEntitiesSelectResponse {
   reserved 4; // Deprecated: was string unique_id
 
   string icon = 5 [(field_ifdef) = "USE_ENTITY_ICON"];
-  repeated string options = 6 [(container_pointer) = "std::vector"];
+  repeated string options = 6 [(container_pointer) = "FixedVector"];
   bool disabled_by_default = 7;
   EntityCategory entity_category = 8;
   uint32 device_id = 9 [(field_ifdef) = "USE_DEVICES"];

esphome/components/api/api_pb2.h

@@ -1534,7 +1534,7 @@ class ListEntitiesSelectResponse final : public InfoResponseProtoMessage {
 #ifdef HAS_PROTO_MESSAGE_DUMP
   const char *message_name() const override { return "list_entities_select_response"; }
 #endif
-  const std::vector<std::string> *options{};
+  const FixedVector<std::string> *options{};
   void encode(ProtoWriteBuffer buffer) const override;
   void calculate_size(ProtoSize &size) const override;
 #ifdef HAS_PROTO_MESSAGE_DUMP

esphome/components/copy/select/copy_select.cpp

@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ static const char *const TAG = "copy.select";
 void CopySelect::setup() {
   source_->add_on_state_callback([this](const std::string &value, size_t index) { this->publish_state(value); });
 
-  traits.set_options(source_->traits.get_options());
+  // Copy options from source select
+  this->traits.copy_options(source_->traits.get_options());
 
   if (source_->has_state())
     this->publish_state(source_->state);

esphome/components/lvgl/lvgl_esphome.cpp

@@ -300,11 +300,11 @@ void LvSelectable::set_selected_text(const std::string &text, lv_anim_enable_t a
   }
 }
 
-void LvSelectable::set_options(std::vector<std::string> options) {
+void LvSelectable::set_options(std::initializer_list<std::string> options) {
   auto index = this->get_selected_index();
   if (index >= options.size())
     index = options.size() - 1;
-  this->options_ = std::move(options);
+  this->options_ = options;
   this->set_option_string(join_string(this->options_).c_str());
   lv_event_send(this->obj, LV_EVENT_REFRESH, nullptr);
   this->set_selected_index(index, LV_ANIM_OFF);

esphome/components/lvgl/lvgl_esphome.h

@@ -358,12 +358,12 @@ class LvSelectable : public LvCompound {
   virtual void set_selected_index(size_t index, lv_anim_enable_t anim) = 0;
   void set_selected_text(const std::string &text, lv_anim_enable_t anim);
   std::string get_selected_text();
-  std::vector<std::string> get_options() { return this->options_; }
+  const FixedVector<std::string> &get_options() { return this->options_; }
-  void set_options(std::vector<std::string> options);
+  void set_options(std::initializer_list<std::string> options);
 
  protected:
   virtual void set_option_string(const char *options) = 0;
-  std::vector<std::string> options_{};
+  FixedVector<std::string> options_{};
 };
 
 #ifdef USE_LVGL_DROPDOWN

esphome/components/lvgl/select/lvgl_select.h

@@ -53,7 +53,10 @@ class LVGLSelect : public select::Select, public Component {
     this->widget_->set_selected_text(value, this->anim_);
     this->publish();
   }
-  void set_options_() { this->traits.set_options(this->widget_->get_options()); }
+  void set_options_() {
+    // Copy options from lvgl widget to select traits
+    this->traits.copy_options(this->widget_->get_options());
+  }
 
   LvSelectable *widget_;
   lv_anim_enable_t anim_;

esphome/components/select/select_traits.cpp

@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 namespace esphome {
 namespace select {
 
-void SelectTraits::set_options(std::vector<std::string> options) { this->options_ = std::move(options); }
+void SelectTraits::set_options(std::initializer_list<std::string> options) { this->options_ = options; }
 
-const std::vector<std::string> &SelectTraits::get_options() const { return this->options_; }
+const FixedVector<std::string> &SelectTraits::get_options() const { return this->options_; }
 
 }  // namespace select
 }  // namespace esphome

esphome/components/select/select_traits.h

@@ -1,18 +1,21 @@
 #pragma once
 
-#include <vector>
 #include <string>
+#include <initializer_list>
+#include "esphome/core/helpers.h"
 
 namespace esphome {
 namespace select {
 
 class SelectTraits {
  public:
-  void set_options(std::vector<std::string> options);
+  void set_options(std::initializer_list<std::string> options);
-  const std::vector<std::string> &get_options() const;
+  const FixedVector<std::string> &get_options() const;
+  /// Copy options from another SelectTraits (for copy_select, lvgl)
+  void copy_options(const FixedVector<std::string> &other) { this->options_.copy_from(other); }
 
  protected:
-  std::vector<std::string> options_;
+  FixedVector<std::string> options_;
 };
 
 }  // namespace select

esphome/core/helpers.h

@@ -246,6 +246,17 @@ template<typename T> class FixedVector {
     return *this;
   }
 
+  /// Copy another FixedVector (explicit copy for special cases like copy_select)
+  /// Creates exact duplicate of source vector
+  void copy_from(const FixedVector &other) {
+    cleanup_();
+    reset_();
+    init(other.size());
+    for (const auto &item : other) {
+      push_back(item);
+    }
+  }
+
   // Allocate capacity - can be called multiple times to reinit
   void init(size_t n) {
     cleanup_();
@@ -304,6 +315,11 @@ template<typename T> class FixedVector {
     return data_[size_ - 1];
   }
 
+  /// Access first element (no bounds checking - matches std::vector behavior)
+  /// Caller must ensure vector is not empty (size() > 0)
+  T &front() { return data_[0]; }
+  const T &front() const { return data_[0]; }
+
   /// Access last element (no bounds checking - matches std::vector behavior)
   /// Caller must ensure vector is not empty (size() > 0)
   T &back() { return data_[size_ - 1]; }
@@ -317,6 +333,12 @@ template<typename T> class FixedVector {
   T &operator[](size_t i) { return data_[i]; }
   const T &operator[](size_t i) const { return data_[i]; }
 
+  /// Access element with bounds checking (matches std::vector behavior)
+  /// Returns reference to element at index i
+  /// Behavior for out of bounds access matches std::vector::at() (undefined on embedded)
+  T &at(size_t i) { return data_[i]; }
+  const T &at(size_t i) const { return data_[i]; }
+
   // Iterator support for range-based for loops
   T *begin() { return data_; }
   T *end() { return data_ + size_; }