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Roam JS for putting a page/block on your left sidebar
// MIT Licensed
// Author: jwilson8767
/**
* Waits for an element satisfying selector to exist, then resolves promise with the element.
* Useful for resolving race conditions.
*
* @param selector
* @returns {Promise}
*/
function elementReady(selector) {
return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
let el = document.querySelector(selector);
if (el) {resolve(el);}
new MutationObserver((mutationRecords, observer) => {
// Query for elements matching the specified selector
Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(selector)).forEach((element) => {
resolve(element);
//Once we have resolved we don't need the observer anymore.
observer.disconnect();
});
})
.observe(document.documentElement, {
childList: true,
subtree: true
});
});
}
elementReady(".starred-pages-wrapper").then(()=>{
const wrap = document.getElementsByClassName('starred-pages-wrapper')[0]
wrap.style.margin = "-20px -60px";
wrap.style.padding = "0px";
wrap.style.width = "280px";
window.roamAlphaAPI.ui.components.renderBlock(
{uid: '5OdyKgIIQ', el: wrap})})
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Thanks a lot for the code! It turned out to be very useful))
Do you know how to make the injected blocks scrollable in case there are more than the sidebar height?

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