From c5e4a608849e2bb956bd20da40d1229c1543b4f5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Clyde Stubbs <2366188+clydebarrow@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2026 08:35:40 +1100
Subject: [PATCH] [select] Add condition for testing select option (#13267)

Co-authored-by: J. Nick Koston <nick+github@koston.org>
---
 esphome/components/select/__init__.py      | 45 +++++++++++++++++++++-
 esphome/components/select/automation.h     | 30 +++++++++++++++
 tests/components/template/common-base.yaml | 12 ++++++
 3 files changed, 85 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/esphome/components/select/__init__.py b/esphome/components/select/__init__.py
index 7c50fe02c0..c51131a292 100644
--- a/esphome/components/select/__init__.py
+++ b/esphome/components/select/__init__.py
@@ -8,17 +8,20 @@ from esphome.const import (
     CONF_ICON,
     CONF_ID,
     CONF_INDEX,
+    CONF_LAMBDA,
     CONF_MODE,
     CONF_MQTT_ID,
     CONF_ON_VALUE,
     CONF_OPERATION,
     CONF_OPTION,
+    CONF_OPTIONS,
     CONF_TRIGGER_ID,
     CONF_WEB_SERVER,
 )
-from esphome.core import CORE, CoroPriority, coroutine_with_priority
+from esphome.core import CORE, ID, CoroPriority, coroutine_with_priority
 from esphome.core.entity_helpers import entity_duplicate_validator, setup_entity
-from esphome.cpp_generator import MockObjClass
+from esphome.cpp_generator import MockObjClass, TemplateArguments
+from esphome.cpp_types import global_ns
 
 CODEOWNERS = ["@esphome/core"]
 IS_PLATFORM_COMPONENT = True
@@ -38,6 +41,9 @@ SelectSetAction = select_ns.class_("SelectSetAction", automation.Action)
 SelectSetIndexAction = select_ns.class_("SelectSetIndexAction", automation.Action)
 SelectOperationAction = select_ns.class_("SelectOperationAction", automation.Action)
 
+# Conditions
+SelectIsCondition = select_ns.class_("SelectIsCondition", automation.Condition)
+
 # Enums
 SelectOperation = select_ns.enum("SelectOperation")
 SELECT_OPERATION_OPTIONS = {
@@ -165,6 +171,41 @@ async def select_set_index_to_code(config, action_id, template_arg, args):
     return var
 
 
+@automation.register_condition(
+    "select.is",
+    SelectIsCondition,
+    OPERATION_BASE_SCHEMA.extend(
+        {
+            cv.Optional(CONF_OPTIONS): cv.All(
+                cv.ensure_list(cv.string_strict), cv.Length(min=1)
+            ),
+            cv.Optional(CONF_LAMBDA): cv.returning_lambda,
+        }
+    ).add_extra(cv.has_exactly_one_key(CONF_OPTIONS, CONF_LAMBDA)),
+)
+async def select_is_to_code(config, condition_id, template_arg, args):
+    paren = await cg.get_variable(config[CONF_ID])
+    if options := config.get(CONF_OPTIONS):
+        # List of constant options
+        # Create a constexpr and pass that with a template length
+        arr_id = ID(
+            f"{condition_id}_data",
+            is_declaration=True,
+            type=global_ns.namespace("constexpr char * const"),
+        )
+        arg = cg.static_const_array(arr_id, cg.ArrayInitializer(*options))
+        template_arg = TemplateArguments(len(options), *template_arg)
+    else:
+        # Lambda
+        arg = await cg.process_lambda(
+            config[CONF_LAMBDA],
+            [(global_ns.namespace("StringRef &").operator("const"), "current")] + args,
+            return_type=cg.bool_,
+        )
+        template_arg = TemplateArguments(0, *template_arg)
+    return cg.new_Pvariable(condition_id, template_arg, paren, arg)
+
+
 @automation.register_action(
     "select.operation",
     SelectOperationAction,
diff --git a/esphome/components/select/automation.h b/esphome/components/select/automation.h
index dda5403557..81e8a3561d 100644
--- a/esphome/components/select/automation.h
+++ b/esphome/components/select/automation.h
@@ -66,4 +66,34 @@ template<typename... Ts> class SelectOperationAction : public Action<Ts...> {
   Select *select_;
 };
 
+template<size_t N, typename... Ts> class SelectIsCondition : public Condition<Ts...> {
+ public:
+  SelectIsCondition(Select *parent, const char *const *option_list) : parent_(parent), option_list_(option_list) {}
+
+  bool check(const Ts &...x) override {
+    auto current = this->parent_->current_option();
+    for (size_t i = 0; i != N; i++) {
+      if (current == this->option_list_[i]) {
+        return true;
+      }
+    }
+    return false;
+  }
+
+ protected:
+  Select *parent_;
+  const char *const *option_list_;
+};
+
+template<typename... Ts> class SelectIsCondition<0, Ts...> : public Condition<Ts...> {
+ public:
+  SelectIsCondition(Select *parent, std::function<bool(const StringRef &, const Ts &...)> &&f)
+      : parent_(parent), f_(f) {}
+
+  bool check(const Ts &...x) override { return this->f_(this->parent_->current_option(), x...); }
+
+ protected:
+  Select *parent_;
+  std::function<bool(const StringRef &, const Ts &...)> f_;
+};
 }  // namespace esphome::select
diff --git a/tests/components/template/common-base.yaml b/tests/components/template/common-base.yaml
index 134ad4d046..3b888c3d19 100644
--- a/tests/components/template/common-base.yaml
+++ b/tests/components/template/common-base.yaml
@@ -53,6 +53,17 @@ binary_sensor:
         // Garage Door is closed.
         return false;
       }
+  - platform: template
+    id: select_binary_sensor
+    name: Select is one or two
+    condition:
+      any:
+        - select.is:
+            id: template_select
+            options: [one, two]
+        - select.is:
+            id: template_select
+            lambda: return current == id(template_text).state;
   - platform: template
     id: other_binary_sensor
     name: "Garage Door Closed"
@@ -320,6 +331,7 @@ valve:
 
 text:
   - platform: template
+    id: template_text
     name: "Template text"
     optimistic: true
     min_length: 0