🔒 Select menu "resets" after option is chosen

[celest goblet]

@simple fossil

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[simple fossil]

Python 3.12
my bot developer tells me that in order to update the message, the option that you select from the select menu has to be undone/"reset" (this means that for the user, it looks as if they had NOT selected an option at all). is this true? video attached for context (also for some reason the type of payment schedule is updated within the message but the select menu is still "reset")

the chosen option is updated internally within the database

[south iris]

I already answered your question in #discord-bots

[simple fossil]

how would i go about doing that? i dont quite see how to do that https://pastebin.com/66GVNYbT

[south iris]

I'm not sure how that is done in Disnake because I use another library. But it is possible to update the menu and message when the user interacts with the menu

Your bot developer should know how to do that

[simple fossil]

he literally said this 😭

[south iris]

Bruh

I would like to help you but I don't know what differences there are with my library

I think it's the same, do you know Python?

[simple fossil]

no that's why i hired someone to make this bot for me 😭

i was hoping for an easy fix that i can apply myself because i have limited knowledge

[south iris]

Tell your developer to just iterate over the current menu options and just compare the values of each to the option selected by the user.
And you should change the default attribute to True and the other options to False

And then edit the message with the new message and the new view

[simple fossil]

elif "payment_schedule-" in inter.component.custom_id:
            await inter.response.defer()
            selected_option = inter.data['values'][0]

            print(inter.component.options)

            for loopoption in inter.component.options:
                if loopoption.value == selected_option:
                    loopoption.default = True
                else:
                    loopoption.default = False

            identification = (inter.component.custom_id)[len("payment-schedule-"):]

            update_result = self.collection.update_one(
                {"_id": int(identification)}, {"$set": {"schedule": selected_option}}
            )

            data = self.collection.find_one({"_id": int(identification)})

            embed = disnake.Embed(title=data["title"], description=data["description"])
            embed.add_field(name="Payment schedule", value=f"**Schedule:** {data['schedule']}", inline=True)
            embed.add_field(name="Payment methods", value=data["method"], inline=True)
            embed.add_field(name="Contact", value=f"**Discord:** {inter.user.mention}", inline=False)
            embed.set_author(name=f"{inter.user.name} | (ID: {inter.user.id})",
                            icon_url=inter.user.display_avatar.url)
            embed.set_footer(
                text=f"Post ID: {int(identification)} | Approved by XXXX | Posted on: {datetime.date.today().strftime('%d/%m/%Y')}")

            if "attachment" in data:
                embed.set_image(url=data["attachment"])

            await inter.edit_original_message(embed=embed)

im doing it, but it's not working it still just goes back to the placeholder

[south iris]

is that you are only updating the embed message but not the View

[simple fossil]

i honestly dont know im trying to update the select menu itself

[south iris]

Give me a moment, look at the documentation

[simple fossil]

ite lmk once you find something

[south iris]

Ok I think I found something

[simple fossil]

what is it ?

[south iris]

await inter.edit_original_message(embed=embed, view=inter.component.view)

Try this

[simple fossil]

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Python312\Lib\site-packages\disnake\client.py", line 703, in _run_event
    await coro(*args, **kwargs)
  File "C:\Users\User\Downloads\UM\cogs\post.py", line 764, in on_dropdown
    await inter.edit_original_message(embed=embed, view=inter.component.view)
                                                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
AttributeError: 'StringSelectMenu' object has no attribute 'view'

[south iris]

Hmmm a moment

Hmmmm, it is very strange

OhI think I was wrong lol

[simple fossil]

😭

[south iris]

I can't figure out how to get the component view. You can create a new view and add the modified menu

[simple fossil]

the existing menu needs to be gone and then replaced by the new menu ig?

[south iris]

For now yes, you must modify the message with the new view and the new embed message.

Sorry I'm not a disnake expert and I'm getting tired of the documentation and I don't see a direct way to get the view, you can apply that solution or you can wait for someone experienced in disnake to help you.

[celest goblet]

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