Adding options of select menu in if statements using select menu builder before it is sent

I have a question about updating components. I have it so in the function it previously does up to this:

    let menu = new ActionRowBuilder()
        .addComponents(
            new StringSelectMenuBuilder()
                .setCustomId('listFieldsEmbedBuilder')
                .setPlaceholder('Select one:')
                .setMaxValues(1)
                .setMinValues(1),
        );

    let menu = new ActionRowBuilder()
        .addComponents(
            new StringSelectMenuBuilder()
                .setCustomId('listFieldsEmbedBuilder')
                .setPlaceholder('Select one:')
                .setMaxValues(1)
                .setMinValues(1),
        );

and then later I try this within an if statement:

menu.setComponents(
     StringSelectMenuBuilder.from(menu.components[0].data)
          .addOptions({ label: 'Create', value: 'newField', description: 'Create a new field in the message.' }));

menu.setComponents(
     StringSelectMenuBuilder.from(menu.components[0].data)
          .addOptions({ label: 'Create', value: 'newField', description: 'Create a new field in the message.' }));

and I have it do it once more after another if statement. In some cases, it'll pass through both statements. How can I solve this so it stays within the same select menu?

7 Replies

Unknown User•16mo ago

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leguchi•16mo ago

14.7.1, v18.1.0 How can I make it so I use part of the ActionRowBuilder() to create the select menu then later add more options to it? << is the simplified version of the question 🙂

ShompiFlen•16mo ago

Hm... if you are constructing the select menu before sending it, then instead of creating the entire action row, just create the select menu first const selectMenu = new StringSelectMenuBuilder() then in your if statements, add the new options like this selectMenu.addOptions(theoption) finally at the end add the select menu to the action row const row = new ActionRowBuilder().addComponents(selectMenu) catOwo

leguchi•16mo ago

Okay I will try this out, thank you!

ShompiFlen•16mo ago

sure, please tell if you have any issues

leguchi•16mo ago

Amazing, it works, thank you very much!

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Adding options of select menu in if statements using select menu builder before it is sent