From 86a77043d7372e3a2aae359c1204b7c28f1bed12 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chris Dumas <chrisldumas@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2026 19:42:33 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Persist H3 beat prompt state across reconfigure

---
 js/h3_beat_prompt/index.js | 33 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/js/h3_beat_prompt/index.js b/js/h3_beat_prompt/index.js
index f452dca..ac54176 100644
--- a/js/h3_beat_prompt/index.js
+++ b/js/h3_beat_prompt/index.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ const MIN_W = 420;
 const DEFAULT_W = 520;
 const DEFAULT_H = 340;
 const DEFAULT_BEAT = "Describe this beat.";
+const STATE_PROPERTY = "dumas_h3_beat_prompt_state";
 const DIRECTIVE_EXAMPLES = [
   ["wardrobe", "wardrobe: Maya = grey shorts, red jacket"],
   ["seconds", "seconds: 8"],
@@ -152,7 +153,12 @@ function normalizeState(value) {
 }
 
 function readState(node) {
-  return normalizeState(node._dh3bpState || findWidget(node, HIDDEN_INPUT_NAME)?.value || "");
+  return normalizeState(
+    node._dh3bpState
+      || findWidget(node, HIDDEN_INPUT_NAME)?.value
+      || node.properties?.[STATE_PROPERTY]
+      || ""
+  );
 }
 
 function findWidget(node, name) {
@@ -170,10 +176,19 @@ function writeState(node, state) {
   const normalized = normalizeState(state);
   const serialized = JSON.stringify(normalized);
   node._dh3bpState = serialized;
+  node.properties = node.properties || {};
+  node.properties[STATE_PROPERTY] = serialized;
   const widget = findWidget(node, HIDDEN_INPUT_NAME);
   if (widget) widget.value = serialized;
 }
 
+function syncStateFromNode(node) {
+  const widgetValue = findWidget(node, HIDDEN_INPUT_NAME)?.value;
+  const propertyValue = node.properties?.[STATE_PROPERTY];
+  const source = node._dh3bpState || widgetValue || propertyValue || "";
+  writeState(node, source);
+}
+
 function updateTextareaHeight(textarea) {
   textarea.style.height = "auto";
   textarea.style.height = `${Math.max(96, textarea.scrollHeight)}px`;
@@ -306,7 +321,7 @@ function setupNode(node) {
   node.size[0] = Math.max(node.size[0] || 0, DEFAULT_W);
   node.size[1] = Math.max(node.size[1] || 0, DEFAULT_H);
 
-  writeState(node, readState(node));
+  syncStateFromNode(node);
   renderUI(node);
 }
 
@@ -371,7 +386,19 @@ app.registerExtension({
     const originalConfigure = nodeType.prototype.onConfigure;
     nodeType.prototype.onConfigure = function onConfigure() {
       const result = originalConfigure?.apply(this, arguments);
-      this._dh3bpState = findWidget(this, HIDDEN_INPUT_NAME)?.value || this._dh3bpState;
+      syncStateFromNode(this);
+      queueMicrotask(() => renderUI(this));
+      return result;
+    };
+
+    const originalSerialize = nodeType.prototype.onSerialize;
+    nodeType.prototype.onSerialize = function onSerialize(o) {
+      syncStateFromNode(this);
+      const result = originalSerialize?.apply(this, arguments);
+      if (o && this.properties?.[STATE_PROPERTY]) {
+        o.properties = o.properties || {};
+        o.properties[STATE_PROPERTY] = this.properties[STATE_PROPERTY];
+      }
       queueMicrotask(() => renderUI(this));
       return result;
     };