# How do I disable user input when buttons are active?

**URL:** <https://forum.rasa.com/t/how-do-i-disable-user-input-when-buttons-are-active/36418>\
**Category:** Rasa Open Source\
**Created:** [October 29, 2020, 1:03pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/how-do-i-disable-user-input-when-buttons-are-active/36418 "2020-10-29T13:03:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![sugarshock](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.rasa.com/sugarshock/32/9126_2.png) [@sugarshock](https://forum.rasa.com/u/sugarshock)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 8:50am UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/how-do-i-disable-user-input-when-buttons-are-active/36418/2 "2020-10-30T08:50:37Z")

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Pretty sure this is something you will have to implement in your frontend application.

All you can do with Rasa is make the bot not react to any manual inputs or send a “I’m sorry, please choose one of the options above” message

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