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LakshyaK2011
LakshyaK2011

Reputation: 144

How To Send DropDown Menu In Java Discord API?

I Am Making A Bot In Java Discord API,
I want to send a Drop Down Menu In A Channel,
There is a MessageChannel Object I Have and I Know How To Send Message By
channel.sendMessage("MESSAGE").queue();
But How I Send A Drop Down Menu?

I Have Tried,

  1. Making A Class Implementing SelectMenu Interface,
    i have overrided all the necessary methods like getMinValue(), getPlaceHolder()
    I Have Expected, I My Bot Will Send A Drop Down Menu, in a text channel and when I select an option it will send me some result in that channel

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1502

Answers (1)

Minn
Minn

Reputation: 6131

Assuming you're using the latest version of JDA (5.0.0-beta.2), the way to send a select menu is this:

  1. Create a StringSelectMenu to allow selecting arbitrary strings:

    // The string here is the id later used to identify the menu on use. Make it unique for each menu.
StringSelectMenu.Builder builder = StringSelectMenu.create("menu:id");
// Add one or more options
// First parameter is the label that the user will see, the second is the value your bot will receive when this is selected.
builder.addOption("Hello World", "hello_world");
// Then once you have configured all you want, build it
StringSelectMenu menu = builder.build();

  2. Send the menu using one of the send methods (reply/sendMessage)

    // ActionRow is the layout in which your component is arranged (this is currently the only available layout)
channel.sendMessageComponents(ActionRow.of(menu)).queue();

  3. Setup an event listener for this menu

    public void Listener extends ListenerAdapter {
    @Override
    public void onStringSelectInteraction(StringSelectInteractionEvent event) {
        // same id as before in create(...)
        if (event.getComponentId().equals("menu:id")) {
            List<String> selected = event.getValues(); // the values the user selected
            ... your code to handle the selection ...
            // Either reply with a message
            event.reply("Your selection was processed").queue();
            // Or by editing the message (replace means it removes the menu)
            event.editMessage("It was selected").setReplace(true).queue();
        }
    }
}

There is also EntitySelectMenu which works rather similarly, but can be used to select User/Member/Role or GuildChannel instead of string options.

Upvotes: 1

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