Feature request: menu shortcut for the starting points

[Ahmet K]

Hi,

When a flow containing multiple "starting points" is run manually, a menu listing the "starting points" appears.  It is not possible to create a shortcut that works this way.

Note: I don't want to use the "Dialog choice" block to create the menu because it requires additional coding. 

[Henrik "The Developer" Lindqvist]

An option in the Flow beginning pick block to limit starting points to specific flow is a feature on the to-do. That will likely be the way, so an additional Flow start block will be required.

[Ahmet K]

I want to make sure I'm expressing it correctly:

When creating a shortcut, instead of selecting one of the starting points (1), I want to select the flow itself (2). This way I want to see the menu where I can see all the starting points together.

25 Şub 2026 Çar 22:56 tarihinde Henrik "The Developer" Lindqvist <henrik.l...@gmail.com> şunu yazdı:

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[Henrik "The Developer" Lindqvist]

I understand, but there's no plans for such a feature, since starting a flow requires a starting point.

As i said, what is planned is to let you limit the Flow beginning pick block to a simple flow so you could do:

1. Flow beginning
2. Flow beginning pick: (planned argument Flow=<this flow>), Picked flow URI=uri
3. Flow start: Flow URI=uri

This would a user pick the starting point when flow (shortcut) is started.

[Ahmet K]

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Not a flow URI

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[Ahmet K]

The message belongs to the pick block.

I used  "pick flow" block instead "pick flow beginning". Because, that block doesn't work for me.

26 Şub 2026 Per 22:20 tarihinde Ahmet K <ahka...@gmail.com> şunu yazdı:

[Henrik "The Developer" Lindqvist]

The Flow pick block wont suffice since it doesn't include a starting point.

Why doesn't Flow beginning pick block work, any error message?

[Ahmet K]

Sorry, beginning point.works. I don't want it. I want starting points menu.

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[Henrik "The Developer" Lindqvist]

As said, there's no such feature. Letting the Flow beginning pick block limits its listing of starting points to a single flow is a feature on the to-do list.

[Ahmet K]

Thanks.

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