Button Component

Last updated: 08th March, 2021

Introduction


Button component will allow you to reply with a button. It has only 1 input and 1 output.

  • Input: Reply
  • Output: Next

Button Type Clarification

If the button type is something other than New Postback, then you can NOT connect this Button component to other components via its Next output socket. Because it only allows New Postback component to be connected. See the connections section.

Connections

Reply may get connection from one of the following components:

  • Text Button, Carousel Single Button, Generic Template Button, Facebook Media Button

Next may be connected to one of the following components:

  • New Postback, User Input Flow

How to create

Let us see how we can create a reply with the help of button component.

Dragging and Dropping

From the dock menu, drag the Button component and drop it on the editor at any place.

Adding Data

To add data to the Button component, click twice on the body of the Button component. It will open a sidebar on your right. Fill in the fields that you need.

Delay in Reply

If you want to show the typing state on the bot or delay in replying, then you can use those fields.