replyMenuToContext not working on submenutemplate

I want to use replyMenuToContext to return to a menu generated when clicking on an option of a choice to chooseIntoSubmenu.

Currently this is not working and it is only possible to return to the full list of options.

const subMenu = new MenuTemplate<TelegrafContext>('Configure')
subMenu.chooseIntoSubmenu('items', ['item1', 'item2'], subMenuTemplate, {columns: 1});

menu.submenu('Configure', 'configure', submenu);

const question = new TelegrafStatelessQuestion('myvalue', async (ctx) => {
  await replyMenuToContext(subMenuTemplate, ctx, '/configure/items:item1);
});

This one is returning:

TypeError: Cannot read property '1' of undefined

However if I put await replyMenuToContext(subMenu, ctx, '/configure/items:item1); it works but returns to the list of options.

Is there any way you can achieve that or the only way I have is to manually create all the menus? I can do that by running a foreach on all the items in the array and generating a real menu for each one, but I’d rather prefer the chooseIntoSubmenu.

[EdJoPaTo]

Awesome, now I understand what you are trying to do. The menuPath you are using afterwards with replyMenuToContext does not end with a ‘/’. A basic assumption this library does is “a menu ends with /, a button does not”. When you include that final slash, the correct menu is opened.

Send Menu Functions like replyMenuToContext should complain when the path isnt ending with ‘/’ so other people will not fall for the same mistake.

Your exception then results from the ctx.match which doesnt have the entry for the submenu. ~Thats something this library should do, but sadly I dont have the time for that currently.~ Edit: which is not possible from within the library as the menu given has no clue about their parent menues. But you can use menuMiddleware.replyToContext(context, path) which is filling ctx.match correctly.

As you are familiar with RegExp and the path, you can also do it outside of the library in your code.

[EdJoPaTo]

I’ll just close this due to inactivity. If you have any questions feel free to ask ahead!