why does this menu reset when I select something? I want the placeholder as the menu selected

[hoary bough]

huh

[solar agate]

looks like you are reply with a new message everytime

you should set the previous selection as default

[hoary bough]

wdym?

[hoary bough]

then it keeps switching only to that one

[solar agate]

use default when declaring your options

you don't need a hardcoded default

[valid sable]

it's not a new message I think

[solar agate]

you can use your previous interaction to decide the new default

[valid sable]

he's using interaction.deferUpdate() and edit the initial reply (slash command one)

[solar agate]

the first time he makes a selection, the bot's reply has that command thing above it

[hoary bough]

something like this

[hoary bough]

making it not reset

[solar agate]

is it a new message or not @hoary bough before going further?

[hoary bough]

lemme show you code

first 2 options

if(values[0] === "helpOwnerOption") {
              client.commands.category.owner.forEach(cmd => {
                return output.push(`**[${cmd.name}](${link})**
                :Stabler: ${cmd.description || "No description provided"}`)
              })
              let embedOwner = new embed()
              .setTitle("Owner")
              .setDescription(output.join("\n"))
              .setColor("2f3136")
              .setTimestamp()
              await i.editReply({ embeds: [embedOwner] })
            } else if(values[0] === "helpModOption") {
              client.commands.category.mod.forEach(cmd => {
                return output.push(`**[${cmd.name}](${link})**
                :Stabler: ${cmd.description || "No description provided"}`)
              })
              let embedMod = new embed()
              .setTitle("Moderation")
              .setDescription(output.join("\n"))
              .setColor("2f3136")
              .setTimestamp()
              await i.editReply({ embeds: [embedMod] })
            }

[solar agate]

i might be wrong, but i see very little correlation between the code you sent and the first video. where is Economy or General?

[hoary bough]

I said the first 2 options

its the same

[solar agate]

my bad

[hoary bough]

why do you think the select menu keeps resetting?

[hoary bough]

this one doesnt

[solar agate]

where you define the select menu? aka where you send the initial msg

[hoary bough]

the assets.options is

options: [
    {
      label: "Bot owner",
      description: "Commands that only the bot owner can use", value: "helpOwnerOption",
      emoji: ":Crown:"
    }, 
    {
      label: "Moderation",
      description: "Commands that only moderators can use",
      value: "helpModOption",
      emoji: ":Lock:"
    },
    {
      label: "General",
      description: "General commands that mostly everyone can use",
      value: "helpGeneralOption",
      emoji: ":Settings:"
    },
    {
      label: "Fun",
      description: "Commands that can everyone can use for fun",
      value: "helpFunOption",
      emoji: ":Flower:"
    },
    {
      label: "Economy",
      description: "Economy commands that can be used by everyone",
      value: "helpEconomyOption",
      emoji: ":MoneyEmoji:"
    },
    {
      label: "Image",
      description: "Fun image commands",
      value: "helpImageOption",
      emoji: ":Picture:"
    },
    {
      label: "Music",
      description: "Intersting music commands",
      value: "helpMusicOption",
      emoji: ":MusicBeat:"
    },
    {
      label: "Slash",
      description: "All of the slash commands in Zetaku",
      value: "helpSlashCmdsOption",
      emoji: ":SlashCommand:"
    },
    {
      label: "All",
      description: "All of the commands in Zetaku",
      value: "helpAllOption",
      emoji: ":Pin:"
    }
  ],

[solar agate]

i'm thinking

so if you use i.editReply, you indeed post a new message

[hoary bough]

interaction.edit?

[solar agate]

does the original message keeps its selection?

[hoary bough]

yes

[solar agate]

ok, so this is the problem

i guess you want just 1 msg right?

[hoary bough]

Ye

[solar agate]

use .update(), not .editReply()

[hoary bough]

oh

ok

lemme try

[solar agate]

i see you already used .deferUpdate() which is good

[hoary bough]

But if I use .deferUpdate() then .update it throws error

because I deferred it

[solar agate]

right. sorry for telling misleading stuff, i'm not really experienced with update. how are you doing it in the working code with arrow buttons?

[hoary bough]

oh it doesn't do anything, it doesn't have any code, just editing new buttons

[hoary bough]

any idea how this bot did this? (dank memer)

[solar agate]

maybe if you use just update without deferring

[hoary bough]

still does the same thing

[solar agate]

you mean the same error?

[hoary bough]

no

no error

because I removed deferUpdate

but still resets

[solar agate]

but do you still get multiple messages from the bot?

[hoary bough]

wdym?

[solar agate]

we confirmed previously that by using editReply, the bot edits a new message, rather than the original reply. does this still happens?

[hoary bough]

It does the same effect as edit

@solar agate You there?

[solar agate]

yes, but i have no idea what would be the cause

i mean, when creating a new row, it is expected that the previous selected options are no longer selected