How to defer a button without losing the loading animation?
Hello,
I have a button interaction which will take some time to process. Is it possible to use
deferUpdate while still showing the loading animation on the button?
Currently when I do it, the button stops loading and stays still till it gets updated.6 Replies
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- Issue solved? Press the button!My issue is, I want the button to keep "loading" till I update the interaction.
Pretty sure the max amount of time it will stay in the loading state for is 3 seconds, I have a feeling that is just a client side animation
Oh, okay
Thank you
@Retropod a workaround is to defer the button, replace all components with a disabled loading button. And once you're ready to reply, you can followup or change the components back to normal
The loading button can be just an animated emoji of a loading icon, it could just be labeled "..." or anything you'd prefer. As long as its disabled and conveys to the user that the bot is thinking,
Oh yeah that sounds like it could work, thanks