[QUERY] How do I add a shortcut from the message context menu?

[mfcarroll]

I have a deno slack app and am trying to configure a shortcut to run from the context menu on messages. Having the message context is essential to the feature. I'm unable to add shortcuts configuration to the manifest using features.shortcuts as described here as that gives an error:

'shortcuts' does not exist in type 'ISlackManifestRunOnSlackFeaturesSchema'.

I must be missing something and would greatly appreciate being pointed in the right direction. What's the correct way to add a context menu shortcut? Thanks.

[cchensh]

Hello @mfcarroll , thank you for reaching out, as you have a Deno Slack app, which is the next gen Slack platform app, the message/context shortcuts are not working the same way as apps built upon Bolt framework, the shortcuts which are supported by next gen apps are global shorts, bookmarks, and workflow buttons and etc

[cchensh]

One alternative option will be using the reaction_added event which will let users to take an action update the message directly, of course this approach requires the enduser know which reacji they need to use to trigger the action.

[mroy-seedbox]

At least Slack has made reacjis more obvious lately:

[mfcarroll]

Thanks that's helpful. I've set it up with reaction_added emoji trigger for now, although that feels a little clumsy in terms of the UI. I'm wondering if that's an architectural limitation or whether hooking into the shortcut menu could be possible for Deno Slack apps at some point. It would also be helpful to update the documentation as this page talks about the difference between global shortcuts and message shortcuts without any indication that Deno Slack apps are different. I spent quite a while thinking that my link shortcut should show up in that "More message shortcuts..." context menu and unsure why it wouldn't work. Thanks again, most appreciated.

[mroy-seedbox]

@cchensh: Maybe the reacjis could also be listed in "More message actions"? Since they are effectively message actions...

It would be as simple as showing the emoji with the workflow name beside it.

@mfcarroll: Would that achieve the better UI you're hoping for? (instead of having to look through emojis for message actions)

[mfcarroll]

Yeah that's a good idea. I'm curious though... I don't see the "Emoji that start workflows" set at all, even after using the emoji trigger a number of times. I'm wondering if that gets populated by Deno Slack app emoji-triggers/workflows at all?

[mroy-seedbox]

I just created a sample workflow as a test:

And it is there:

Maybe it doesn't work for workflows created through Deno? 🤔

I haven't tried to do it through Deno yet, but I assumed it would work the same.

[mfcarroll]

@mroy-seedbox it doesn't seem to currently, no, unless I'm missing something in my setup that would activate that specifically. I suspect it's unique to workflows where the UI is used for creation.

[mroy-seedbox]

Well, that sucks. You'd assume there would be parity between workflows no matter what tool is used to create them. 😕

@cchensh: Any way that can be looked into?