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# Quick Reply Array Action

This action will display multiple quick reply buttons with a common interaction target. Use this action when you want to give the user multiple choices but you need to redirect the flow to a common interaction like, for example, when creating a survey. 

![](/files/-MRP8BukvsAfO49BuBjl)

### Settings

The action uses the following settings:

| Setting                        | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | [Parsed](/actions-and-operations/dynamic-parsing.md) |
| ------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------- |
| Buttons                        | The list of buttons to be displayed. Buttons can be separated by a pipe (\|) or by a new line.                                                                                                                                                                            | :white\_check\_mark:                                 |
| Variable Name                  | The name of the variable that will hold the full text of the clicked button.                                                                                                                                                                                              | :white\_check\_mark:                                 |
| From Url                       | Associate an image to all buttons retrieving it from an external URL.                                                                                                                                                                                                     | :no\_entry:                                          |
| Upload To Storage              | Associate an image to all buttons retrieving it from [your Xenioo Account storage](/basic-concepts/your-account/the-free-plan.md).                                                                                                                                        | :no\_entry:                                          |
| Image URL                      | The fully qualified URL of the image                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      | :white\_check\_mark:                                 |
| Override Keyboard Mode         | If enabled will replace the standard [Telegram ](/basic-concepts/publishing/channels/telegram.md)Keyboard with a custom one made of all the buttons in this array. See [Remarks](/actions-and-operations/content/xenioo.bots.actions.base.buttonsarrayaction.md#remarks). | :no\_entry:                                          |
| Auto-Hide Keyboard After Click | If enabled will automatically hide the custom keyboard when the user select a button or moves away from the flow                                                                                                                                                          | :no\_entry:                                          |

### Remarks

By default, this action is created with an empty Go To Operation attached. The operation can be removed if not required by your chatbot flow.\
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The Override Keyboard Mode is currently supported only by the [Telegram ](/basic-concepts/publishing/channels/telegram.md)channel. By mixing new lines separators and pipes (|) you can build advanced custom keyboards. 

![](/files/-LevrZmTaG_Uw69Xpy5B)

By using this action you can also create specific buttons layouts that cannot be created using [single Quickreply buttons](/actions-and-operations/content/xenioo.bots.actions.base.buttonaction.md).

![](/files/-MRPAADFpgHd2M9VBTi2)

{% hint style="warning" %}
[Telegram ](/basic-concepts/publishing/channels/telegram.md)does not allow buttons to be displayed without any preceding text. Please make sure to have at [least one text bubble](/actions-and-operations/content/xenioo.bots.actions.base.textaction.md) before any quick button or no button will be displayed.
{% endhint %}

By default, the custom keyboard on telegram will be hidden as soon as the user clicks on a button or types something that receives a reply. To override this behaviour, disable the "Auto-Hide Keyboard after click" flag. Please see [Telegram ](/basic-concepts/publishing/channels/telegram.md)channel variables and[ Device State](/actions-and-operations/iot/xenioo.bots.actions.base.controldevicestateaction.md) action for further information on how to hide or check for keyboard state.

### Trigger

On User Click. This action will trigger any child operation as the user clicks any of the generated buttons.

### Variables

This action produces a variable as specified under "Variable Name" of settings containing the full text of the clicked button.

### Availability

Channel specific availability follows the table below:

| Channel          | Availability                                                                                                                                             |
| ---------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Facebook         | Fully Available. A maximum of 11 buttons can be displayed at once.                                                                                       |
| WhatsApp         | **Not Available**                                                                                                                                        |
| Telegram         | Fully Available. Can only be displayed after a [text bubble](/actions-and-operations/content/xenioo.bots.actions.base.textaction.md) has been displayed. |
| Web              | Fully Available                                                                                                                                          |
| Alexa            | **Not Available**                                                                                                                                        |
| Google Assistant | Available only on Screen enabled devices.Other devices will ignore the content.                                                                          |
| Slack            | Fully Available                                                                                                                                          |
| API              | Fully Available                                                                                                                                          |

This action can be used only inside interactions and not as child of other actions.