add #newNotesOnTop, closes #3734

src/public/app/widgets/attribute_widgets/attribute_detail.js

@@ -242,7 +242,8 @@ const ATTR_HELP = {
         "keepCurrentHoisting": "Opening this link won't change hoisting even if the note is not displayable in the current hoisted subtree.",
         "executeButton": "Title of the button which will execute the current code note",
         "executeDescription": "Longer description of the current code note displayed together with the execute button",
-        "excludeFromNoteMap": "Notes with this label will be hidden from the Note Map"
+        "excludeFromNoteMap": "Notes with this label will be hidden from the Note Map",
+        "newNotesOnTop": "New notes will be created at the top of the parent note, not on the bottom."
     },
     "relation": {
         "runOnNoteCreation": "executes when note is created on backend. Use this relation if you want to run the script for all notes created under a specific subtree. In that case, create it on the subtree root note and make it inheritable. A new note created within the subtree (any depth) will trigger the script.",

src/services/builtin_attributes.js

@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ module.exports = [
     { type: 'label', name: 'keepCurrentHoisting'},
     { type: 'label', name: 'executeButton'},
     { type: 'label', name: 'executeDescription'},
+    { type: 'label', name: 'newNotesOnTop'},
 
     // relation names
     { type: 'relation', name: 'internalLink' },

src/services/notes.js

@@ -22,17 +22,18 @@ const htmlSanitizer = require("./html_sanitizer");
 const ValidationError = require("../errors/validation_error");
 const noteTypesService = require("./note_types");
 
-function getNewNotePosition(parentNoteId) {
-    const note = becca.notes[parentNoteId];
+function getNewNotePosition(parentNote) {
+    if (parentNote.hasLabel('newNotesOnTop')) {
+        const minNotePos = parentNote.getChildBranches()
+            .reduce((min, note) => Math.min(min, note.notePosition), 0);
 
-    if (!note) {
-        throw new Error(`Can't find note ${parentNoteId}`);
-    }
-
-    const maxNotePos = note.getChildBranches()
-        .reduce((max, note) => Math.max(max, note.notePosition), 0);
+        return minNotePos - 10;
+    } else {
+        const maxNotePos = parentNote.getChildBranches()
+            .reduce((max, note) => Math.max(max, note.notePosition), 0);
 
-    return maxNotePos + 10;
+        return maxNotePos + 10;
+    }
 }
 
 function triggerNoteTitleChanged(note) {
@@ -186,7 +187,7 @@ function createNewNote(params) {
             branch = new BBranch({
                 noteId: note.noteId,
                 parentNoteId: params.parentNoteId,
-                notePosition: params.notePosition !== undefined ? params.notePosition : getNewNotePosition(params.parentNoteId),
+                notePosition: params.notePosition !== undefined ? params.notePosition : getNewNotePosition(parentNote),
                 prefix: params.prefix,
                 isExpanded: !!params.isExpanded
             }).save();