Buttons and menus

Buttons and select menus make your bot feel like an app. People press a button or pick from a menu, and your bot does something.

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Adding a button

1. Add a message block that supports buttons (search button in the block list).
2. In its settings, add a button. Give it a label (the words on it) and pick a style:

3. Optional: add an emoji with the emoji picker. It has your server’s own emojis too, even animated ones.

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Each button runs its own blocks

Every button gets its own path on the board. Blocks you connect under a button only run when someone presses that button. That is how one message can have a Yes and a No button that do different things.

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Select menus

A select menu is a drop-down list. It is good when there are too many choices for buttons, like picking one of 15 roles. Each option in the menu gets its own blocks, just like a button. Search menu in the block list.

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Answering a button press

When a message comes after a button or menu, its Response type can be Reply to the command or button/menu interaction. That answers the person who pressed it. Reply privately when only they should see it, so the channel does not fill up.

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Changing buttons later

Use the block that updates buttons or menus (search update) to change a button after the message was sent, for example to turn Join into a greyed out Closed.

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Layout messages

In a Layout message, buttons and menus get their own row automatically, so you can place them anywhere in your message. See these recipes for full examples: Verification, Tickets and Button roles.