Also possible to use [list prepend]:

You can also only trigger the float first:
And from there get the bang:

@RetroMaximus If you change the [trigger] before [pd SendSelectedIndexToClone] like so:
You can have this [pd SendSelectedIndexToClone] with the same functionality but without delay:
But then again, you put in a float and get the same float out of it.

@60htz You can maybe create a hidden file via TCL, send the declare message to that file and only afterwards load the actual file. The idea is that the path would be declared when the actual file loads. This code could create the hidden file:

set hiddenPatch [open ".hidden.pd" w+]
puts $hiddenPatch "#N canvas 374 215 301 188 10;"
pdsend ".hidden.pd declare -path extra/folder1/"
close $hiddenPatch
file delete .hidden.pd

This is not tested and can contain errors. Just an idea

@lapin This machinery deletes empty lines from [text]: trimlines.pd

@whale-av That is a nice one!

i don't know
i_am_just_a_simple_bang.pd

@RetroMaximus I would consider the use of delay to get the order of operations right a mistake and this should in almost all cases be solvable by using trigger.

Here is a simple radio button set using canvases to hide the bangs: canvasradio.pd

@murraybeers The same can be done with [list store]:

@60htz I was able to add the declare feature via message like so:

So i think the patch should be named instead of sending the message to #X. This would also correspond to the error message