From 46771fe06650c2488dc068ebb3fde6b0f0a646b9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: sid597 <sid597athens@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2025 11:02:24 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] get and set block prop based settings

---
 .../roam/src/utils/settingsUsingBlockProps.ts | 99 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 99 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 apps/roam/src/utils/settingsUsingBlockProps.ts

diff --git a/apps/roam/src/utils/settingsUsingBlockProps.ts b/apps/roam/src/utils/settingsUsingBlockProps.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bb9a0a830
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/roam/src/utils/settingsUsingBlockProps.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+import getBlockProps, { type json } from "./getBlockProps";
+import getBlockUidByTextOnPage from "roamjs-components/queries/getBlockUidByTextOnPage";
+import setBlockProps from "./setBlockProps";
+
+export const DG_BLOCK_PROP_SETTINGS_PAGE_TITLE =
+  "roam/js/discourse-graph/block-prop-settings";
+
+export const getBlockPropBasedSettings = ({
+  keys,
+}: {
+  keys: string[];
+}): { blockProps: json | undefined; blockUid: string } => {
+  const sectionKey = keys[0];
+
+  const blockUid = getBlockUidByTextOnPage({
+    text: sectionKey,
+    title: DG_BLOCK_PROP_SETTINGS_PAGE_TITLE,
+  });
+
+  const allBlockPropsForSection = getBlockProps(blockUid);
+
+  if (keys.length > 1) {
+    const propertyPath = keys.slice(1);
+
+    const targetValue = propertyPath.reduce(
+      (currentContext: json, currentKey) => {
+        if (
+          currentContext &&
+          typeof currentContext === "object" &&
+          !Array.isArray(currentContext)
+        ) {
+          const value = (currentContext as Record<string, json>)[currentKey];
+          return value === undefined ? null : value;
+        }
+        return null;
+      },
+      allBlockPropsForSection,
+    );
+    return {
+      blockProps: targetValue === null ? undefined : targetValue,
+      blockUid,
+    };
+  }
+  return { blockProps: allBlockPropsForSection, blockUid };
+};
+
+export const setBlockPropBasedSettings = ({
+  keys,
+  value,
+}: {
+  keys: string[];
+  value: json;
+}) => {
+  if (keys.length === 0) {
+    console.warn("Attempting to set block prop with no keys");
+    return;
+  }
+
+  const blockUid = getBlockUidByTextOnPage({
+    text: keys[0],
+    title: DG_BLOCK_PROP_SETTINGS_PAGE_TITLE,
+  });
+
+  if (keys.length === 1) {
+    setBlockProps(blockUid, value as Record<string, json>, true);
+    return;
+  }
+
+  const currentProps = getBlockProps(blockUid);
+  const updatedProps = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(currentProps || {})) as Record<
+    string,
+    json
+  >;
+
+  const propertyPath = keys.slice(1);
+  const lastKeyIndex = propertyPath.length - 1;
+
+  propertyPath.reduce<Record<string, json>>(
+    (currentContext, currentKey, index) => {
+      if (index === lastKeyIndex) {
+        currentContext[currentKey] = value;
+        return currentContext;
+      }
+
+      if (
+        !currentContext[currentKey] ||
+        typeof currentContext[currentKey] !== "object" ||
+        Array.isArray(currentContext[currentKey])
+      ) {
+        currentContext[currentKey] = {};
+      }
+
+      return currentContext[currentKey] as Record<string, json>;
+    },
+    updatedProps,
+  );
+
+  setBlockProps(blockUid, updatedProps, true);
+};

From bd4bc522ea236052c4d9b06f6938d4f940cf8e2d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: sid597 <sid597athens@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2025 11:13:07 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] address coderabbit

---
 apps/roam/src/utils/settingsUsingBlockProps.ts | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/apps/roam/src/utils/settingsUsingBlockProps.ts b/apps/roam/src/utils/settingsUsingBlockProps.ts
index bb9a0a830..e17101688 100644
--- a/apps/roam/src/utils/settingsUsingBlockProps.ts
+++ b/apps/roam/src/utils/settingsUsingBlockProps.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ export const getBlockPropBasedSettings = ({
 }: {
   keys: string[];
 }): { blockProps: json | undefined; blockUid: string } => {
+  if (keys.length === 0) {
+    console.warn("Attempting to get block prop with no keys");
+    return { blockProps: undefined, blockUid: "" };
+  }
+
   const sectionKey = keys[0];
 
   const blockUid = getBlockUidByTextOnPage({

From 6d0429aea1e59e2279689014775426d31bec9a58 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: sid597 <sid597athens@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2025 11:23:27 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] new const file

---
 apps/roam/src/data/blockPropsSettingsConfig.ts | 1 +
 apps/roam/src/utils/settingsUsingBlockProps.ts | 4 +---
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 apps/roam/src/data/blockPropsSettingsConfig.ts

diff --git a/apps/roam/src/data/blockPropsSettingsConfig.ts b/apps/roam/src/data/blockPropsSettingsConfig.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9b6b10987
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/roam/src/data/blockPropsSettingsConfig.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export const DG_BLOCK_PROP_SETTINGS_PAGE_TITLE ="roam/js/discourse-graph/block-prop-settings";
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/apps/roam/src/utils/settingsUsingBlockProps.ts b/apps/roam/src/utils/settingsUsingBlockProps.ts
index e17101688..ec2316b2e 100644
--- a/apps/roam/src/utils/settingsUsingBlockProps.ts
+++ b/apps/roam/src/utils/settingsUsingBlockProps.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 import getBlockProps, { type json } from "./getBlockProps";
 import getBlockUidByTextOnPage from "roamjs-components/queries/getBlockUidByTextOnPage";
 import setBlockProps from "./setBlockProps";
-
-export const DG_BLOCK_PROP_SETTINGS_PAGE_TITLE =
-  "roam/js/discourse-graph/block-prop-settings";
+import { DG_BLOCK_PROP_SETTINGS_PAGE_TITLE } from "~/data/blockPropsSettingsConfig";
 
 export const getBlockPropBasedSettings = ({
   keys,