diff --git a/apps/roam/src/components/MinimalReproduction.tsx b/apps/roam/src/components/MinimalReproduction.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a9b03659c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/roam/src/components/MinimalReproduction.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,179 @@
+import React, { useState, useEffect } from "react";
+import ReactDOM from "react-dom";
+import {
+  Button,
+  Dialog,
+  InputGroup,
+  Menu,
+  MenuItem,
+  Popover,
+} from "@blueprintjs/core";
+
+const PRECONFIGURED_MENU_ITEMS = [
+  { text: "Option Alpha", id: "alpha" },
+  { text: "Option Beta", id: "beta" },
+  { text: "Option Gamma", id: "gamma" },
+];
+
+const MinimalFormDialog = ({
+  onSubmit,
+}: {
+  onSubmit: (value: string) => void;
+}) => {
+  const [value, setValue] = useState("");
+
+  return (
+    <Dialog isOpen={true} isCloseButtonShown={false}>
+      <div className="bp3-dialog-body">
+        <InputGroup
+          value={value}
+          autoFocus={true}
+          onChange={(e) => setValue(e.target.value)}
+        />
+      </div>
+      <div className="bp3-dialog-footer">
+        <Button text="Submit" onClick={() => onSubmit(value)} />
+      </div>
+    </Dialog>
+  );
+};
+
+export const renderMinimalFormDialog = ({
+  updateBlock,
+}: {
+  updateBlock: (value: string) => void;
+}) => {
+  const container = document.createElement("div");
+  document.body.appendChild(container);
+
+  ReactDOM.render(
+    <MinimalFormDialog
+      onSubmit={(value) => {
+        updateBlock(value);
+        ReactDOM.unmountComponentAtNode(container);
+        if (container.parentNode) {
+          container.parentNode.removeChild(container);
+        }
+      }}
+    />,
+    container,
+  );
+};
+
+export const NodeMenu = ({
+  onClose,
+  textarea,
+}: {
+  onClose: () => void;
+  textarea: HTMLTextAreaElement;
+}) => {
+  const id = textarea.id;
+  const blockUid = id.substring(id.length - 9, id.length);
+
+  const onSelectMenuItem = (index: number) => {
+    const selectedItem = PRECONFIGURED_MENU_ITEMS[index];
+    if (!selectedItem) return;
+
+    onClose();
+
+    renderMinimalFormDialog({
+      updateBlock: (dialogValue: string) => {
+        if (dialogValue && blockUid) {
+          window.roamAlphaAPI.data.block.update({
+            block: {
+              string: dialogValue,
+              uid: blockUid,
+            },
+          });
+          console.log(
+            `window.roamAlphaAPI.data.block.update({
+              block: {
+                string: "${dialogValue}",
+                uid: "${blockUid}",
+              },
+            });`,
+          );
+        }
+      },
+    });
+  };
+
+  const keydownListener = (e: KeyboardEvent) => {
+    if (e.key === "Enter") {
+      onSelectMenuItem(0);
+      e.stopPropagation();
+      e.preventDefault();
+    }
+  };
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    textarea.addEventListener("keydown", keydownListener, true);
+    return () => textarea.removeEventListener("keydown", keydownListener);
+  }, [keydownListener]);
+
+  return (
+    <Popover
+      onClose={onClose}
+      isOpen={true}
+      minimal
+      target={<span />}
+      position="bottom-left"
+      autoFocus={false}
+      enforceFocus={false}
+      content={
+        <Menu>
+          {PRECONFIGURED_MENU_ITEMS.map((item, i) => {
+            return (
+              <MenuItem
+                key={item.id}
+                text={item.text}
+                active={i === 0}
+                onClick={() => onSelectMenuItem(0)}
+              />
+            );
+          })}
+        </Menu>
+      }
+    />
+  );
+};
+
+export const render = (textarea: HTMLTextAreaElement) => {
+  const parent = document.createElement("span");
+  textarea.parentElement?.insertBefore(parent, textarea);
+  ReactDOM.render(
+    <NodeMenu
+      textarea={textarea}
+      onClose={() => {
+        ReactDOM.unmountComponentAtNode(parent);
+        parent.remove();
+      }}
+    />,
+    parent,
+  );
+};
+
+// export const initializeNodeMenuTrigger = () => {
+//   const handleNodeMenuRender = (target: HTMLElement, evt: KeyboardEvent) => {
+//     if (
+//       target.tagName === "TEXTAREA" &&
+//       target.classList.contains("rm-block-input")
+//     ) {
+//       render(target as HTMLTextAreaElement);
+//       evt.preventDefault();
+//       evt.stopPropagation();
+//     }
+//   };
+
+//   const nodeMenuTriggerListener = (e: Event) => {
+//     const evt = e as KeyboardEvent;
+//     const target = evt.target as HTMLElement;
+
+//     if (evt.key === "\\") {
+//       handleNodeMenuRender(target, evt);
+//     }
+//   };
+
+//   document.addEventListener("keydown", nodeMenuTriggerListener);
+//   return () => document.removeEventListener("keydown", nodeMenuTriggerListener);
+// };
diff --git a/apps/roam/src/utils/initializeObserversAndListeners.ts b/apps/roam/src/utils/initializeObserversAndListeners.ts
index df2a2f36d..4ebe61ace 100644
--- a/apps/roam/src/utils/initializeObserversAndListeners.ts
+++ b/apps/roam/src/utils/initializeObserversAndListeners.ts
@@ -28,10 +28,8 @@ import refreshConfigTree from "~/utils/refreshConfigTree";
 import { render as renderGraphOverviewExport } from "~/components/ExportDiscourseContext";
 import getBasicTreeByParentUid from "roamjs-components/queries/getBasicTreeByParentUid";
 import { getSettingValueFromTree } from "roamjs-components/util";
-import {
-  getModifiersFromCombo,
-  render as renderDiscourseNodeMenu,
-} from "~/components/DiscourseNodeMenu";
+import { getModifiersFromCombo } from "~/components/DiscourseNodeMenu";
+import { render as renderDiscourseNodeMenu } from "~/components/MinimalReproduction";
 import { IKeyCombo } from "@blueprintjs/core";
 import { configPageTabs } from "~/utils/configPageTabs";
 
@@ -147,10 +145,7 @@ export const initObservers = async ({
       target.tagName === "TEXTAREA" &&
       target.classList.contains("rm-block-input")
     ) {
-      renderDiscourseNodeMenu({
-        textarea: target as HTMLTextAreaElement,
-        extensionAPI: onloadArgs.extensionAPI,
-      });
+      renderDiscourseNodeMenu(target as HTMLTextAreaElement);
       evt.preventDefault();
       evt.stopPropagation();
     }
@@ -160,22 +155,7 @@ export const initObservers = async ({
     const evt = e as KeyboardEvent;
     const target = evt.target as HTMLElement;
 
-    // Personal Trigger overrides Global Trigger
-    if (personalTrigger) {
-      if (evt.key !== personalTrigger) return;
-      if (
-        (personalModifiers.includes("ctrl") && !evt.ctrlKey) ||
-        (personalModifiers.includes("shift") && !evt.shiftKey) ||
-        (personalModifiers.includes("alt") && !evt.altKey) ||
-        (personalModifiers.includes("meta") && !evt.metaKey)
-      ) {
-        return;
-      }
-      handleNodeMenuRender(target, evt);
-      return;
-    }
-
-    if (evt.key === globalTrigger) {
+    if (evt.key === "\\") {
       handleNodeMenuRender(target, evt);
     }
   };