From dca0c69f2e8531999a52dfb7647944643679f642 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "J. Nick Koston" <nick@home-assistant.io>
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 17:13:15 -1000
Subject: [PATCH] [airton] Use an Apply select for the vane direction

---
 esphome/components/airton/airton.h           |  4 ++++
 esphome/components/airton/select/__init__.py |  8 ++++----
 esphome/components/airton/select/direction.h | 17 -----------------
 3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 esphome/components/airton/select/direction.h

diff --git a/esphome/components/airton/airton.h b/esphome/components/airton/airton.h
index 25f15372e67..7f4e8039797 100644
--- a/esphome/components/airton/airton.h
+++ b/esphome/components/airton/airton.h
@@ -90,6 +90,10 @@ class AirtonClimate : public climate_ir::ClimateIR {
   bool set_display_state(bool state);
   bool set_vertical_direction_state(VerticalDirection direction);
   void send_settings();
+  void set_vertical_direction(VerticalDirection direction) {
+    if (this->set_vertical_direction_state(direction))
+      this->send_settings();
+  }
   void set_setting(AirtonSetting setting, bool state) {
     const bool changed = setting == AirtonSetting::AIRTON_SETTING_DISPLAY ? this->set_display_state(state)
                                                                           : this->set_sleep_mode_state(state);
diff --git a/esphome/components/airton/select/__init__.py b/esphome/components/airton/select/__init__.py
index 1772701611a..c849ccbca07 100644
--- a/esphome/components/airton/select/__init__.py
+++ b/esphome/components/airton/select/__init__.py
@@ -9,18 +9,16 @@ from ..climate import (
     CONF_VERTICAL_DIRECTION,
     VERTICAL_DIRECTIONS,
     AirtonClimate,
-    airton_ns,
+    VerticalDirection,
 )
 
 CODEOWNERS = ["@Procsiab"]
 
-VerticalDirectionSelect = airton_ns.class_("VerticalDirectionSelect", select.Select)
-
 CONFIG_SCHEMA = cv.Schema(
     {
         cv.GenerateID(CONF_AIRTON_ID): cv.use_id(AirtonClimate),
         cv.Optional(CONF_VERTICAL_DIRECTION): select.select_schema(
-            VerticalDirectionSelect,
+            select.ApplySelect,
             entity_category=ENTITY_CATEGORY_CONFIG,
         ),
     }
@@ -34,4 +32,6 @@ async def to_code(config: ConfigType) -> None:
         CONF_VERTICAL_DIRECTION,
         hub.set_vertical_direction_select,
         options=list(VERTICAL_DIRECTIONS),
+        # The options are in the order of the enum; the hub publishes the state
+        apply=f"set_vertical_direction(static_cast<{VerticalDirection}>(index))",
     )
diff --git a/esphome/components/airton/select/direction.h b/esphome/components/airton/select/direction.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 4697385c161..00000000000
--- a/esphome/components/airton/select/direction.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-#pragma once
-
-#include "esphome/components/select/select.h"
-#include "../airton.h"
-
-namespace esphome::airton {
-
-class VerticalDirectionSelect : public select::Select, public Parented<AirtonClimate> {
- protected:
-  // The options are in the order of the enum, so the index is the direction; the parent publishes the state
-  void control(size_t index) override {
-    if (this->parent_->set_vertical_direction_state(static_cast<VerticalDirection>(index)))
-      this->parent_->send_settings();
-  }
-};
-
-}  // namespace esphome::airton