@openhab-ui/setup-and-maintenance/contexthelp/things.md

Configuration and maintenance interface for openHAB

<small>You know what an openHAB **Thing** is, right?</small>
<small class="blockquote-footer">Your friendly [tutorial](tutorial.html) reminder.</small>

Find your *Things* listed here.
Also have a look at the [Inbox](inbox.html) for discovered and ready-to-use, configured *Things*.

## Textual mode

Batch edit your data while using copy &amp; paste, regex find &amp; replace syntax highlighting, and auto-suggestions.

<p>
<details>
<summary>The format is <a target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YAML">YAML</a>.</summary>
Synopsis:

* Whitespace indentation denotes the structure.
* Comments begin with the number sign (#).
* List members are denoted by a leading hyphen (-) with one member per line.
* Express associative data in the form "key: value".
</details>
</p>

<mark>Please note</mark>: The textual mode is powerful.
Hit save with an emptied text field and everything is gone. Act responsible!