Use of submit_disabled in modal dialog

[davidlundeen-vexcel]

Goal is to disable the Submit button until it's explicitly enabled. I'm having some timing issues where it looks like the view_submission event is being processed before a previous block_action processing completes

Reproducible in:

The Slack SDK version

slack-bolt==1.3.0
slack-sdk==3.3.0
slackclient==2.9.3
slackeventsapi==2.2.1

Python runtime version

Python 3.6.5

OS info

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.19041.1052]

Steps to reproduce:

Running the attached code results in a dialog with a submit button.

### Expected result:

A dialog displayed with the submit button disabled.

Actual result:

A dialog displayed with the submit button enabled.

Requirements

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[mwbrooks]

Hey @davidlundeen-vexcel 👋🏻 Thanks for reaching out!

Would you mind linking to a code sample for us to review? I see you mentioned uploading it, but it wasn't attached. Since this example is a little more complex, I don't think it'll be effective for us to recreate it manually.

It would also be helpful to know if you're using Socket Mode or a Request URL.

Cheers!
Michael

[davidlundeen-vexcel]

Hi @mwbrooks, thanks for the response. I'm pasting code (minus identifiers) since I didn't upload corerctly last time. I'm using Request URL mode.

Thanks for the help!

import json, os, uuid, datetime

from flask import Flask, request, Response, make_response
from slack import WebClient

SLACK_BOT_TOKEN="AAA"
SLACK_SIGNING_SECRET="BBB"
VERIFICATION_TOKEN="CCC"

BLOCK_PROJECT_TYPE_SELECTOR = {
                  "type": "input",
                  "dispatch_action":True,
                  "block_id":"BLOCK_PROJECT_TYPE_SELECTOR",
                  "element": {
                      "type": "plain_text_input",
                      "placeholder": {
                          "type": "plain_text",
                          "text": "Submit Test"
                      },
                      "action_id": "project_type_selection_action",
                  },
                  "label": {
                  "type": "plain_text",
                  "text": "Enter Text"
                  },
            }

view_id = None

app = Flask(__name__, template_folder='')

client = WebClient(token=SLACK_BOT_TOKEN)


def get_view ():
    view = {
      "type": "modal",
#      "submit_disabled":True,
      "title": 
      {
        "type": "plain_text",
        "text": "Test"
      },
      "submit": 
      {
        "type": "plain_text",
        "text": "Submit"
      },
      "callback_id": "home_view", 
      "blocks": [BLOCK_PROJECT_TYPE_SELECTOR]
    }

    return view


@app.route('/slack/events/interactive', methods=['GET', 'POST'])
def interactivity_event_hook():
    global view_id
    payload = json.loads(request.form ["payload"])
    if payload ["type"] == "shortcut":
        return load_initial_modal(payload)

    view=get_view ()
    try:
      client.views_update(
        trigger_id=payload["trigger_id"],
        view_id = view_id,
        hash=payload ["view"] ["hash"],
        view=view
      )
      return make_response("", 200)
    except Exception as e:
      print(f"Error publishing home tab: {e}")
      return {"status": 500}


def load_initial_modal (payload,):
    global view_id
    view = get_view ()
    try:
        resp = client.views_open (trigger_id=payload["trigger_id"],submit_disabled=True,view=view)
        view_id = resp ["view"] ["id"]
    except Exception as e:
      print(f"Error publishing home tab: {e}")
    return {"status": 200}
       

if __name__ == '__main__':
    app.run(port=3000)

[seratch]

Hi @davidlundeen-vexcel, sorry for our slow response here.

The API document may not be clear enough but as of today, this option is available only for "workflow_step" type modals. Thus, your app cannot use the option for normal modals. See also: slackapi/node-slack-sdk#1276 (comment)

Let us close this issue now but please feel free to write in if you have any follow up questions.