From 976d5d386adb5d3c42a0c76796fe3772c18c80c2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alan Smith <alan@randomsmiths.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2025 06:58:16 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Robot now shows ports for a component

---
 src/toolbox/hardware_category.ts | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/toolbox/hardware_category.ts b/src/toolbox/hardware_category.ts
index bfe4c538..07f51e31 100644
--- a/src/toolbox/hardware_category.ts
+++ b/src/toolbox/hardware_category.ts
@@ -49,12 +49,12 @@ export function getHardwareCategory(currentModule: commonStorage.Module) {
       name: 'Hardware',
       contents: [
         getRobotMechanismsBlocks(currentModule),
-        getComponentsBlocks(currentModule),
+        getComponentsBlocks(currentModule, false),
       ]
     };
   }
   if (currentModule.moduleType === commonStorage.MODULE_TYPE_MECHANISM) {
-    return getComponentsBlocks(currentModule);
+    return getComponentsBlocks(currentModule, true);
   }
   // Return default empty category if module type doesn't match
   return {
@@ -239,14 +239,14 @@ function getRobotMethodsBlocks(currentModule: commonStorage.Module) {
   };
 }
 
-function getComponentsBlocks(currentModule: commonStorage.Module) {
+function getComponentsBlocks(currentModule: commonStorage.Module, hideParams : boolean) {
   const contents = [];
 
   // Add the "+ Component" category
   contents.push({
     kind: 'category',
     name: '+ Component',
-    contents: getAllPossibleComponents(true)
+    contents: getAllPossibleComponents(hideParams)
   });
 
   // Get components from the current workspace

From 0c16e320b80e87214d798143d4eb08817831258d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alan Smith <alan@randomsmiths.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2025 18:06:25 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Add a comment to getComponentsBlocks

---
 src/toolbox/hardware_category.ts | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/toolbox/hardware_category.ts b/src/toolbox/hardware_category.ts
index 07f51e31..1bc0f62e 100644
--- a/src/toolbox/hardware_category.ts
+++ b/src/toolbox/hardware_category.ts
@@ -239,6 +239,8 @@ function getRobotMethodsBlocks(currentModule: commonStorage.Module) {
   };
 }
 
+// This is called when the user is editing a mechanism or the robot and allows
+// the user to add a component or use an existing component.
 function getComponentsBlocks(currentModule: commonStorage.Module, hideParams : boolean) {
   const contents = [];