I have a couple of appliance switches for my washer and dryer that are always on so they show up as an “Active Light”. Is there a way to note in VeraMate that these are switches and not lights?
There certainly is - enter edit mode by holding down a button for a second. Then select the button in question to view it’s settings, and set “hide from active list”.
…and you can even change the icon to a switch or whatever you like.