From 22609b2cb01fbc66b5764b12dc6b27512cd946d9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: sid597 <sid597athens@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2025 00:28:05 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Move the new block as first child of the current block

---
 apps/roam/src/components/CreateNodeDialog.tsx | 26 ++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/apps/roam/src/components/CreateNodeDialog.tsx b/apps/roam/src/components/CreateNodeDialog.tsx
index 4e78e6c13..17853c63b 100644
--- a/apps/roam/src/components/CreateNodeDialog.tsx
+++ b/apps/roam/src/components/CreateNodeDialog.tsx
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import getDiscourseNodes, {
 } from "~/utils/getDiscourseNodes";
 import { getNewDiscourseNodeText } from "~/utils/formatUtils";
 import MenuItemSelect from "roamjs-components/components/MenuItemSelect";
+import createBlock from "roamjs-components/writes/createBlock";
 
 export type CreateNodeDialogProps = {
   onClose: () => void;
@@ -48,6 +49,20 @@ const CreateNodeDialog = ({
     if (!title.trim()) return;
     setLoading(true);
 
+    const query = `[:find ?parentUid ?order
+  :keys parentUid order
+      :in $ ?block-uid
+      :where
+        [?e :block/uid ?block-uid]
+        [?e :block/order ?order]
+        [?p :block/children ?e]
+        [?p :block/uid ?parentUid]
+        ]`;
+
+    const blockData = (
+      await window.roamAlphaAPI.data.async.q(query, sourceBlockUid)
+    )?.[0] as unknown as { parentUid: string; order: number };
+
     const formattedTitle = await getNewDiscourseNodeText({
       text: title.trim(),
       nodeType: selectedType.type,
@@ -71,7 +86,16 @@ const CreateNodeDialog = ({
       // the correct reference. The reference format should be determined by the
       // node's specification.
       const pageRef = `[[${formattedTitle}]]`;
-      await updateBlock({ uid: sourceBlockUid, text: pageRef });
+      const newBlockUid = await createBlock({
+        node: { text: pageRef },
+        parentUid: blockData.parentUid,
+        order: blockData.order,
+      });
+
+      await window.roamAlphaAPI.moveBlock({
+        block: { uid: sourceBlockUid },
+        location: { "parent-uid": newBlockUid, order: 0 },
+      });
 
       const newCursorPosition = pageRef.length;
       const windowId =