Add an example for the new dropdowns

examples/views/dropdown.py

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+import typing
+
+import discord
+from discord.ext import commands
+
+# Defines a custom Select containing colour options
+# that the user can choose. The callback function
+# of this class is called when the user changes their choice
+class Dropdown(discord.ui.Select):
+    def __init__(self):
+
+        # Set the options that will be presented inside the dropdown
+        options = [
+            discord.SelectOption(label='Red', description='Your favourite colour is red', emoji='🟥'),
+            discord.SelectOption(label='Green', description='Your favourite colour is green', emoji='🟩'),
+            discord.SelectOption(label='Blue', description='Your favourite colour is blue', emoji='🟦')
+        ]
+
+        # The placeholder is what will be shown when no option is chosen
+        # The min and max values indicate we can only pick one of the three options
+        # The options parameter defines the dropdown options. We defined this above
+        super().__init__(placeholder='Choose your favourite colour...', min_values=1, max_values=1, options=options)
+
+    async def callback(self, interaction: discord.Interaction):
+        # Use the interaction object to send a response message containing
+        # the user's favourite colour or choice. The self object refers to the
+        # Select object, and the values attribute gets a list of the user's 
+        # selected options. We only want the first one.
+        await interaction.response.send_message(f'Your favourite colour is {self.values[0]}')
+
+
+class DropdownView(discord.ui.View):
+    def __init__(self):
+        super().__init__()
+
+        # Adds the dropdown to our view object.
+        self.add_item(Dropdown())
+
+
+class Bot(commands.Bot):
+    def __init__(self):
+        super().__init__(command_prefix=commands.when_mentioned_or('$'))
+
+    async def on_ready(self):
+        print(f'Logged in as {self.user} (ID: {self.user.id})')
+        print('------')
+    
+    
+bot = Bot()
+
+
+@bot.command()
+async def colour(ctx):
+    """Sends a message with our dropdown containing colours"""
+
+    # Create the view containing our dropdown
+    view = DropdownView()
+
+    # Sending a message containing our view
+    await ctx.send('Pick your favourite colour:', view=view)
+
+
+bot.run('token')