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How to create and configure Slots

Buttons in Bot's messages | Button Menu slot +Button and Fallback subslots

Purpose and general information

⁠

@Button Menu⁠

is a

@Slot⁠

that declares a block of buttons that are defined after this

@Slot⁠

⁠

Slot creation and settings

Slot attributes

⁠

Name — the name of the

@Slot⁠

, which will be displayed in the

@Script Tree⁠

. The maximum length of a field value is 40 characters.

Button and Fallback subslots

Automatic generation of subslots when creating a Button Menu

When you create a

@Button Menu⁠

@Slot⁠

, two

@button⁠

@Subslot⁠

s are automatically created with the names “Button 1” and “Button 2” and a

@fallback⁠

@Subslot⁠

⁠

You can change the text in the generated

@button⁠

@Subslot⁠

s by expanding the

@Subslot⁠

by double-clicking the mouse, entering the name of the button in the LABEL field and clicking the Save button.

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There must always be at least one

@button⁠

@Subslot⁠

, so the last

@Subslot⁠

cannot be deleted on its own — it is only deleted together with the

@Button Menu⁠

@Slot⁠

Adding Button Subslots

Using the “+” button you can create a new

@button⁠

@Subslot⁠

. A new

@button⁠

@Subslot⁠

will be created below the automatically generated

@button⁠

@Subslot⁠

with the value “Button 2”.

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Removing Button Subslots

To remove a

@button⁠

@Subslot⁠

, you need to right-click on it and click the Remove Branch button, then click OK in the pop-up dialog box.

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It is possible to delete any

@button⁠

@Subslot⁠

if, after deletion, the

@Button Menu⁠

@Slot⁠

still has at least one

@button⁠

@Subslot⁠

⁠

Removing the

@fallback⁠

@Subslot⁠

is not possible. When you try to do this, the following error will appear at the bottom center:

⁠

Removing a single

@button⁠

@Subslot⁠

is impossible. When you try to do this, the following error will appear at the bottom center:

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Button subslot attributes

⁠

Name — the name of the

@Slot⁠

, which will be displayed in the

@Script Tree⁠

. The maximum length of a field value is 40 characters. If a name is not entered, the

@Subslot⁠

in the

@Script Tree⁠

will display the first 34 characters from the Label field.

Label — the name of the button that the

@Bot User⁠

will see when communicating with the

@Agent⁠

Trimming spaces: by clicking the CREATE button (when creating a

@Slot⁠

) or SAVE (when editing a

@Slot⁠

), spaces and line breaks at the beginning and end of the Label field are trimmed.

You can change the text in the generated

@button⁠

@Subslot⁠

s by expanding the

@Subslot⁠

by double-clicking the mouse, entering the name of the button in the LABEL field and clicking the Save button.

Important: concatenation of strings and variables in
@button⁠

@Subslot⁠
s is not supported. If the LABEL field of a
@button⁠

@Subslot⁠
contains a concatenation of variables or a string with a variable, then when you click such a button, the
@Conversation⁠
will go into
@fallback⁠
.

Fallback subslot attributes

⁠

Name — the name of the

@Slot⁠

, which will be displayed in the

@Script Tree⁠

. The maximum length of a field value is 40 characters. When creating a

@Button Menu⁠

@Slot⁠

, the Name field of the

@fallback⁠

@Subslot⁠

is automatically filled with the contents of the Name field of the

@Button Menu⁠

@Slot⁠

. If the contents of the Name field are removed, the

@Subslot⁠

in the

@Script Tree⁠

will appear without a name.

Using the syntax in the Button Subslot

In the

@Button Menu⁠

@Slot⁠

, it is possible to use

@Expression⁠

in the Label field. Read more:

Syntax⁠

Slot operation

The

@Button Menu⁠

@Slot⁠

is empty in its content and performs only a formal role — it defines a block of buttons, the names of which are indicated after it in the

@button⁠

@Subslot⁠

When executing the

@Button Menu⁠

@Slot⁠

, buttons are displayed on the screen that the

@Bot User⁠

can press while communicating with the

@Agent⁠

If the

@Bot User⁠

presses one of the buttons, the

@Conversation⁠

goes to the

@button⁠

@Subslot⁠

corresponding to this button. In this case, the contents of this button are written to

@client_message⁠

Important: some
@End Channel⁠
s add spaces to the beginning and end of the message, including in the labels of the button pressed by the
@Bot User⁠
, and the
@Bot User⁠
may accidentally put a space at the end of the message. In such cases, the outer spaces of the message are trimmed and the button whose label matches the received line is pressed.