feat(search): add create into inbox to search

apps/client/src/services/note_autocomplete.ts

@@ -349,6 +349,27 @@ function renderSuggestion(suggestion: Suggestion): string {
         : renderNoteSuggestion(suggestion);
 }
 
+function mapSuggestionToCreateNoteAction(
+    action: SuggestionAction
+): CreateNoteAction | null {
+    switch (action) {
+        case SuggestionAction.CreateNote:
+            return CreateNoteAction.CreateNote;
+
+        case SuggestionAction.CreateAndLinkNote:
+            return CreateNoteAction.CreateAndLinkNote;
+
+        case SuggestionAction.CreateChildNote:
+            return CreateNoteAction.CreateChildNote;
+
+        case SuggestionAction.CreateAndLinkChildNote:
+            return CreateNoteAction.CreateAndLinkChildNote;
+
+        default:
+            return null;
+    }
+}
+
 function initNoteAutocomplete($el: JQuery<HTMLElement>, options?: Options) {
     if ($el.hasClass("note-autocomplete-input")) {
         // clear any event listener added in previous invocation of this function
@@ -507,77 +528,18 @@ function initNoteAutocomplete($el: JQuery<HTMLElement>, options?: Options) {
                 await doExternalLink();
                 break;
 
-            case SuggestionAction.CreateNote: {
+            case SuggestionAction.CreateNote:
-                const { note } = await noteCreateService.createNote(
+            case SuggestionAction.CreateAndLinkNote:
-                    {
+            case SuggestionAction.CreateChildNote:
-                        target: "inbox",
-                        title: suggestion.noteTitle,
-                        activate: true,
-                        promptForType: true,
-                    }
-                );
-
-                if (!note) break;
-
-                await resolveSuggestionNotePathUnderCurrentHoist(note);
-                await selectNoteFromAutocomplete(suggestion);
-                break;
-            }
-
-            case SuggestionAction.CreateAndLinkNote: {
-                const { note } = await noteCreateService.createNote(
-                    {
-                        target: "inbox",
-                        title: suggestion.noteTitle,
-                        activate: false,
-                        promptForType: true,
-                    }
-                );
-
-                if (!note) break;
-
-                await resolveSuggestionNotePathUnderCurrentHoist(note);
-                await selectNoteFromAutocomplete(suggestion);
-                break;
-            }
-
-            case SuggestionAction.CreateChildNote: {
-                if (!suggestion.parentNoteId) {
-                    console.warn("Missing parentNoteId for CreateNoteIntoPath");
-                    return;
-                }
-
-                const { note } = await noteCreateService.createNote(
-                    {
-                        target: "into",
-                        parentNoteUrl: suggestion.parentNoteId,
-                        title: suggestion.noteTitle,
-                        activate: true,
-                        promptForType: true,
-                    },
-                );
-
-                if (!note) break;
-
-                await resolveSuggestionNotePathUnderCurrentHoist(note);
-                await selectNoteFromAutocomplete(suggestion);
-                break;
-            }
-
             case SuggestionAction.CreateAndLinkChildNote: {
-                if (!suggestion.parentNoteId) {
+                const createNoteAction = mapSuggestionToCreateNoteAction(
-                    console.warn("Missing parentNoteId for CreateNoteIntoPath");
+                    suggestion.action
-                    return;
+                )!;
-                }
+                const { note } = await noteCreateService.createNoteFromAction(
-
+                    createNoteAction,
-                const { note } = await noteCreateService.createNote(
+                    true,
-                    {
+                    suggestion.noteTitle,
-                        target: "into",
+                    suggestion.parentNoteId,
-                        parentNoteUrl: suggestion.parentNoteId,
-                        title: suggestion.noteTitle,
-                        activate: false,
-                        promptForType: true,
-                    }
                 );
 
                 if (!note) break;

apps/client/src/services/note_create.ts

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import type FBranch from "../entities/fbranch.js";
 import type { ChooseNoteTypeResponse } from "../widgets/dialogs/note_type_chooser.js";
 import type { CKTextEditor } from "@triliumnext/ckeditor5";
 import dateNoteService from "../services/date_notes.js";
+import { CreateNoteAction } from "@triliumnext/commons";
 
 /**
  * Defines the type hierarchy and rules for valid argument combinations
@@ -114,6 +115,7 @@ interface DuplicateResponse {
     note: FNote;
 }
 
+// The low level note creation
 async function createNote(
   options: CreateNoteOpts
 ): Promise<{ note: FNote | null; branch: FBranch | undefined }> {
@@ -141,6 +143,76 @@ async function createNote(
     }
 }
 
+// A wrapper to standardize note creation
+async function createNoteFromAction(
+    action: CreateNoteAction,
+    promptForType: boolean,
+    title: string | undefined,
+    parentNoteUrl: string | undefined,
+): Promise<{ note: FNote | null; branch: FBranch | undefined }> {
+    switch (action) {
+        case CreateNoteAction.CreateNote: {
+            const resp = await createNote(
+                {
+                    target: "inbox",
+                    title: title,
+                    activate: true,
+                    promptForType: promptForType,
+                }
+            );
+            return resp;
+        }
+        case CreateNoteAction.CreateAndLinkNote: {
+            const resp = await createNote(
+                {
+                    target: "inbox",
+                    title,
+                    activate: false,
+                    promptForType: promptForType,
+                }
+            );
+            return resp;
+        }
+        case CreateNoteAction.CreateChildNote: {
+            if (!parentNoteUrl) {
+                console.warn("Missing parentNotePath in createNoteFromCkEditor()");
+                return { note: null, branch: undefined };
+            }
+
+            const resp = await createNote(
+                {
+                    target: "into",
+                    parentNoteUrl,
+                    title,
+                    activate: true,
+                    promptForType: true,
+                },
+            );
+            return resp
+        }
+        case CreateNoteAction.CreateAndLinkChildNote: {
+            if (!parentNoteUrl) {
+                console.warn("Missing parentNotePath in createNoteFromCkEditor()");
+                return { note: null, branch: undefined };
+            }
+            const resp = await createNote(
+                {
+                    target: "into",
+                    parentNoteUrl: parentNoteUrl,
+                    title,
+                    activate: false,
+                    promptForType: promptForType,
+                },
+            )
+            return resp;
+        }
+
+        default:
+            console.warn("Unknown CreateNoteAction:", action);
+            return { note: null, branch: undefined };
+    }
+}
+
 async function promptForType(
   options: CreateNoteOpts
 ) : Promise<CreateNoteOpts | null> {
@@ -326,5 +398,6 @@ async function duplicateSubtree(noteId: string, parentNotePath: string) {
 
 export default {
     createNote,
+    createNoteFromAction,
     duplicateSubtree,
 };

apps/client/src/widgets/ribbon/components/AttributeEditor.tsx

@@ -253,43 +253,14 @@ export default function AttributeEditor({ api, note, componentId, notePath, ntxI
             parentNotePath: string | undefined,
             action: CreateNoteAction
         ): Promise<string> => {
-            switch (action) {
+            const { note } = await note_create.createNoteFromAction(
-                case CreateNoteAction.CreateNote:
+                action,
-                case CreateNoteAction.CreateAndLinkNote: {
+                true,
-                    const { note } = await note_create.createNote(
+                parentNotePath,
-                        {
+                title,
-                            target: "inbox",
+            );
-                            title,
+            return note?.getBestNotePathString() ?? "";
-                            activate: false,
-                            promptForType: true,
-                        }
-                    );
-                    return note?.getBestNotePathString() ?? "";
-                }
-
-                case CreateNoteAction.CreateChildNote:
-                case CreateNoteAction.CreateAndLinkChildNote: {
-                    if (!parentNotePath) {
-                        console.warn("Missing parentNotePath in createNoteFromCkEditor()");
-                        return "";
-                    }
-                    const resp = await note_create.createNote(
-                        {
-                            target: "into",
-                            parentNoteUrl: parentNotePath,
-                            title,
-                            activate: false,
-                            promptForType: true,
-                        },
-                    )
-                    return resp?.note?.getBestNotePathString() ?? "";
-                }
-
-                default:
-                    console.warn("Unknown CreateNoteAction:", action);
-                    return "";
         }
-            }
     }), [ notePath ]));
 
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