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ENG-842 change node creation behaviour from node tags #442

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40 changes: 9 additions & 31 deletions apps/roam/src/components/CreateNodeDialog.tsx
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Expand Up @@ -49,20 +49,6 @@ 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,
Expand All @@ -86,24 +72,16 @@ const CreateNodeDialog = ({
// the correct reference. The reference format should be determined by the
// node's specification.
const pageRef = `[[${formattedTitle}]]`;
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 },
await updateBlock({
uid: sourceBlockUid,
text: pageRef,
});

const newCursorPosition = pageRef.length;
const windowId =
window.roamAlphaAPI.ui.getFocusedBlock?.()?.["window-id"] || "main";

await window.roamAlphaAPI.ui.setBlockFocusAndSelection({
location: { "block-uid": sourceBlockUid, "window-id": windowId },
selection: { start: newCursorPosition },
await createBlock({
parentUid: sourceBlockUid,
order: 0,
node: {
text: initialTitle,
},
});
}

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