# Send a message with select menu
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Buttons and menu options will now no longer trigger the 'thinking...' response when clicked or selected. This means you can have interactions that trigger no response at all if you wish.
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The „Send a message with select menu“ sends a text or embed message to a channel with a Select Menu. Each option in the Select Menu can have its own attached Actions.
## Message
Messages from the bot can either be a [Plain Text Message](#plain-text-message) or a [Embed Message](#embed-message). You can switch between these two options with the toggle in the image below.
### Plain Text Message
#### Content
The content of the action is the actual message that the bot should reply with when the action is triggered. You can use any variable or option in the content of this reply. These can be easily added through the variable selector by clicking the **Clipboard** button.
### Embed Message
When triggered, the action responds with an embedded plain text message. All variables and options can be used in the content of the reply.
#### Author
The author is displayed in the top left of the embed. This can be the author who used the command or any information you wish to display.
#### Thumbnail URL
You can include a thumbnail embedded into the Embed Reply. This will display in the top right of the Embed.
#### Title
This is the title you wish to display in your Embed Reply. This will be centered above your Content Block.
#### Content
The content of the action is the actual message that the bot should reply with when the action is triggered. You can use any variable or option in the content of this reply. These can be easily added through the variable selector by clicking the **Clipboard** button.
#### Image URL
This will display an image in full view under the Content Block.
#### Footer
This is the small text at the bottom left of the embed.
#### Embed URL
This will display the Title of the embed in blue text, you can click this to open an external page or image.
#### Color
This is the color shown on the Left Side of the Embed Reply.
## Response Type
| Type | Description |
| ----------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| Reply to the command | In commands, by selecting this response type your Embed Reply message will be sent as a reply to the command. This will show who used the command and what command triggered the response. |
| Send a message to a channel | The message will be sent to the channel specified in either the Channel ID, Channel Option or the specific channel dropdown. |
| Send a message to the channel the command was used in | The message will be sent to the channel that the user triggered the command in. |
| Direct message the user who triggered the command | The message will be send trough a direct message to the user that triggered the command. |
| Direct message using a user option | The message will be send trough a direct message to given user option. |
| Direct message using a user id | The message will be send trough a direct message to given user id. |
| Edit a message send by another action | By selecting this response type you are able to edit the message sent by another action in the command or event tree. |
## Reactions
Reactions can also be added to the plain text reply. These can be added by clicking the reactions dropdown and selecting emojis.
These reactions will be automatically added to the plain text reply.
## Hide Menu replies
Menu responses from actions can be hidden so that only the person who selected the menu option sees them. This can be also chosen separately in any Response Action.
## Menu option
Select menus are interactive components that allow users to select one or more options from a dropdown list in messages.
#### Label
This is the option's label. Here, you can use any and all options and variables.
#### Description
This will serve as the option's description. You can utilize any and all options and variables.
