From 6c8a991cb6ed1a96137433e8c543e9afc8356b45 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: celine <celine@hyperlink.academy>
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2026 17:56:16 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] reverted the last change and redid it in a not stupid way

---
 components/Blocks/Block.tsx                |  3 ---
 components/Blocks/useBlockMouseHandlers.ts | 12 ++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/components/Blocks/Block.tsx b/components/Blocks/Block.tsx
index 1f7ca9bb..64efceec 100644
--- a/components/Blocks/Block.tsx
+++ b/components/Blocks/Block.tsx
@@ -88,9 +88,6 @@ export const Block = memo(function Block(
 
   let [areYouSure, setAreYouSure] = useState(false);
   useEffect(() => {
-    if (selected && rep) {
-      focusPage(props.parent, rep);
-    }
     if (!selected) {
       setAreYouSure(false);
     }
diff --git a/components/Blocks/useBlockMouseHandlers.ts b/components/Blocks/useBlockMouseHandlers.ts
index fd1e0188..eca3cc68 100644
--- a/components/Blocks/useBlockMouseHandlers.ts
+++ b/components/Blocks/useBlockMouseHandlers.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ import { useReplicache } from "src/replicache";
 import { getBlocksWithType } from "src/hooks/queries/useBlocks";
 import { focusBlock } from "src/utils/focusBlock";
 import { useIsMobile } from "src/hooks/isMobile";
+import { scrollIntoViewIfNeeded } from "src/utils/scrollIntoViewIfNeeded";
+import { elementId } from "src/utils/elementId";
 
 let debounce: number | null = null;
 export function useBlockMouseHandlers(props: Block) {
@@ -39,6 +41,16 @@ export function useBlockMouseHandlers(props: Block) {
           parent: props.parent,
         });
         useUIState.getState().setSelectedBlock(props);
+
+        // scroll to the page containing the block, if offscreen
+        let parentPage = elementId.page(props.parent).container;
+        setTimeout(() => {
+          scrollIntoViewIfNeeded(
+            document.getElementById(parentPage),
+            false,
+            "smooth",
+          );
+        }, 50);
       }
     },
     [props, entity_set.permissions.write, isMobile],
-- 
2.51.2