Home Assistant Matter Multi-Press Ongoing Events

Temporary solution to enable real-time multi_press_ongoing events for Matter button devices (e.g., IKEA BILRESA scroll wheel) until PR #159045 is merged into Home Assistant Core.

⚠️ Note: This is a temporary workaround based on unmerged commits in PR 159045 from @phoffmeister. Once that PR is merged and you update to a Home Assistant version that includes it, you should remove this custom component.

Overview

Home Assistant's Matter integration currently only emits button events after all presses are complete (e.g., multi_press_1, multi_press_2, multi_press_complete). This causes poor responsiveness for scroll wheel devices like the IKEA BILRESA.

This custom component monitors Matter initial_press events and emits multi_press_ongoing events in real-time as presses happen, providing immediate feedback for scroll wheel actions.

Status

• ✅ Working for me (tested with IKEA BILRESA on HAOS 2026.1.3)
• ⚠️ Not extensively tested - may have edge cases or compatibility issues
• 🔄 Temporary solution - will be replaced by official PR #159045

Installation

Quickstart

1. Clone this repository into your Home Assistant configuration directory:

   cd /config
   git clone https://github.com/andrewfoster/ha-matter-multi-press.git

2. Restart Home Assistant

Manual Installation

If you prefer manual installation:

1. Copy files to your Home Assistant config:

   # Copy custom component
   cp -r custom_components/matter_multi_press /config/custom_components/
   
   # Copy blueprint
   cp blueprints/automation/jhol-byte/Ikea_bilresa_scroll_wheel_v2.yaml /config/blueprints/automation/jhol-byte/

2. Restart Home Assistant

Usage

With IKEA BILRESA Blueprint

1. Go to Settings → Automations & Scenes → Blueprints
2. Find "Ikea_bilresa_scroll_wheel_v2"
3. Click Create Automation
4. Configure:
   • Select your BILRESA remote device
   • Enable "Use real-time ongoing events"
   • Configure scroll wheel targets (lights/media players)
   • Set dim step percentages

Custom Automations

You should also be able to use the ongoing events in custom automations (untested):

automation:
  - alias: "BILRESA Real-time Control"
    trigger:
      - platform: event
        event_type: "event.bilresa_ch1_scroll_right_multi_press_ongoing"
    action:
      - service: light.turn_on
        target:
          entity_id: light.living_room
        data:
          brightness_step_pct: "{{ trigger.event.data.press_count * 5 }}"

Event Format

The component emits events with this format:

event_type: event.<device_name>_multi_press_ongoing
data:
  entity_id: event.bilresa_ch1_scroll_right
  press_count: 3
  event_type: multi_press_ongoing