confirm_thread_creation Buttons instead of reactions (#3273)

* Reminder Plugin

Created a reminder plugin

* Fix indentations

* confirm_thread_creation Buttons instead of reactions

* Changelog+Small fixes

* Updated the react to confirm message, and removed changelog entry

* Code linting with black

* Update changelog

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Co-authored-by: Taku <45324516+Taaku18@users.noreply.github.com>

Author: martinbndr

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ however, insignificant breaking changes do not guarantee a major version bump, s
 - Repo moved to https://github.com/modmail-dev/modmail.
 - Guild icons in embed footers and author urls now have a fixed size of 128. ([PR #3261](https://github.com/modmail-dev/modmail/pull/3261))
 - Discord.py internal logging is now enabled by default. ([PR #3216](https://github.com/modmail-dev/Modmail/pull/3216))
+- The confirm-thread-creation dialog now uses buttons instead of reactions. ([PR #3273](https://github.com/modmail-dev/Modmail/pull/3273))
 
 ### Internal
 - Renamed `Bot.log_file_name` to `Bot.log_file_path`. Log files are now created at `temp/logs/modmail.log`. ([PR #3216](https://github.com/modmail-dev/Modmail/pull/3216))

core/config.py

@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ class ConfigManager:
         # confirm thread creation
         "confirm_thread_creation": False,
         "confirm_thread_creation_title": "Confirm thread creation",
-        "confirm_thread_response": "React to confirm thread creation which will directly contact the moderators",
+        "confirm_thread_response": "Click the button to confirm thread creation which will directly contact the moderators.",
         "confirm_thread_creation_accept": "\N{WHITE HEAVY CHECK MARK}",
         "confirm_thread_creation_deny": "\N{NO ENTRY SIGN}",
         # regex

core/config_help.json

@@ -1014,10 +1014,10 @@
     ]
   },
   "confirm_thread_response": {
-    "default": "React to confirm thread creation which will directly contact the moderators",
+    "default": "Click the button to confirm thread creation which will directly contact the moderators.",
     "description": "Description for the embed message sent to users to confirm a thread creation",
     "examples":[
-      "`{prefix}config set confirm_thread_response React to confirm`"
+      "`{prefix}config set confirm_thread_response Click to confirm`"
     ],
     "notes": [
       "See also: `confirm_thread_creation`, `confirm_thread_creation_title`, `confirm_thread_creation_accept`, `confirm_thread_creation_deny`"

core/thread.py

@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@
     get_top_role,
     create_thread_channel,
     get_joint_id,
+    AcceptButton,
+    DenyButton,
+    ConfirmThreadCreationView,
 )
 
 logger = getLogger(__name__)
@@ -1418,30 +1421,19 @@ async def create(
                 destination = recipient
             else:
                 destination = message.channel
+            view = ConfirmThreadCreationView()
+            view.add_item(AcceptButton(self.bot.config["confirm_thread_creation_accept"]))
+            view.add_item(DenyButton(self.bot.config["confirm_thread_creation_deny"]))
             confirm = await destination.send(
                 embed=discord.Embed(
                     title=self.bot.config["confirm_thread_creation_title"],
                     description=self.bot.config["confirm_thread_response"],
                     color=self.bot.main_color,
-                )
+                ),
+                view=view,
             )
-            accept_emoji = self.bot.config["confirm_thread_creation_accept"]
-            deny_emoji = self.bot.config["confirm_thread_creation_deny"]
-            emojis = [accept_emoji, deny_emoji]
-            for emoji in emojis:
-                await confirm.add_reaction(emoji)
-                await asyncio.sleep(0.2)
-
-            try:
-                r, _ = await self.bot.wait_for(
-                    "reaction_add",
-                    check=lambda r, u: u.id == recipient.id
-                    and r.message.id == confirm.id
-                    and r.message.channel.id == confirm.channel.id
-                    and str(r.emoji) in (accept_emoji, deny_emoji),
-                    timeout=20,
-                )
-            except asyncio.TimeoutError:
+            await view.wait()
+            if view.value is None:
                 thread.cancelled = True
                 self.bot.loop.create_task(
                     destination.send(
@@ -1452,23 +1444,16 @@ async def create(
                         )
                     )
                 )
-            else:
-                if str(r.emoji) == deny_emoji:
-                    thread.cancelled = True
-                    self.bot.loop.create_task(
-                        destination.send(
-                            embed=discord.Embed(
-                                title=self.bot.config["thread_cancelled"], color=self.bot.error_color
-                            )
+                await confirm.edit(view=None)
+            if view.value is False:
+                thread.cancelled = True
+                self.bot.loop.create_task(
+                    destination.send(
+                        embed=discord.Embed(
+                            title=self.bot.config["thread_cancelled"], color=self.bot.error_color
                         )
                     )
-
-            async def remove_reactions():
-                for emoji in emojis:
-                    await confirm.remove_reaction(emoji, self.bot.user)
-                    await asyncio.sleep(0.2)
-
-            self.bot.loop.create_task(remove_reactions())
+                )
             if thread.cancelled:
                 del self.cache[recipient.id]
                 return thread

core/utils.py

@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@
     "get_top_role",
     "get_joint_id",
     "extract_block_timestamp",
+    "AcceptButton",
+    "DenyButton",
+    "ConfirmThreadCreationView",
 ]
 
 
@@ -559,3 +562,29 @@ def extract_block_timestamp(reason, id_):
             raise
 
     return end_time, after
+
+
+class AcceptButton(discord.ui.Button):
+    def __init__(self, emoji):
+        super().__init__(style=discord.ButtonStyle.gray, emoji=emoji)
+
+    async def callback(self, interaction: discord.Interaction):
+        self.view.value = True
+        await interaction.response.edit_message(view=None)
+        self.view.stop()
+
+
+class DenyButton(discord.ui.Button):
+    def __init__(self, emoji):
+        super().__init__(style=discord.ButtonStyle.gray, emoji=emoji)
+
+    async def callback(self, interaction: discord.Interaction):
+        self.view.value = False
+        await interaction.response.edit_message(view=None)
+        self.view.stop()
+
+
+class ConfirmThreadCreationView(discord.ui.View):
+    def __init__(self):
+        super().__init__(timeout=20)
+        self.value = None